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Black Wood by Susi (S.J.I.) Holliday, Susi (S.J.I.) Holliday

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Really enjoyed this story, the twists, and how the characters in the town interacted with and were (or weren’t involved) in what happened in present and past. The actions of the characters - even minor ones - had consequences for what happened in the town and  how others behaved even if they weren’t directly related to the main case. This made for realistic and well thought out “red herrings”. The end involved some relatively fast paced action scenes that I had trouble imagining, but that may be just me - I tend to struggle with scenes where multiple people are juggling about with weapons or fighting. The  author did a good job writing about key items and where characters were spatially relative to each other so it flowed well. Looking forward to the next one in the series. Having the town based on Haddington meant I could imagine a richer world for this book using Youtube walks and Apple streetviews to get a sense of the buildings and scenery. 
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