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emmareadseverything's review
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved this book. It was such a treat from beginning to end. The premise seemed a bit boring, but it was recommended by a very trustworthy source, so I decided to give it a try. I quickly fell in love with the characters and writing style and found myself reading it for extended periods of time. Sometimes you just need a damn good novel about real things, and this book delivered.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use
a_novel_craving's review
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Terminal illness
stlkatiek's review
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book centers around a trio of friends who own small-town construction company and take on a one-of-a-kind project with a large bonus for meeting a seemingly-impossible deadline.
Their relationships, and their own sanity, begin to fray under the stress of meeting the deadline to get the bonus. The story includes typical construction delays - unreliable subcontractors, weather, etc. - but larger issues like drug abuse and later, a murder. The story really pushed the idea of the fruitlessness of work: the men got their bonuses for completing a house that no one actually wants, and the lawyer worked nonstop with a dream of this home, which she never actually got to see.
I enjoyed it - the story had a bit of suspense and good themes on friendship and what we do to ourselves for the sake of work. It was definitely a change of pace from what I typically read.
I read it because:
I basically write about construction for a living, so a thriller centered around construction deadlines was right up my alley.
I enjoyed it - the story had a bit of suspense and good themes on friendship and what we do to ourselves for the sake of work. It was definitely a change of pace from what I typically read.
I read it because:
I basically write about construction for a living, so a thriller centered around construction deadlines was right up my alley.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use
Moderate: Murder
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