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3.26 AVERAGE
3.26 AVERAGE
This book is already off to a wonderful start. A group of people, working at an Inn, all troubled. One goes to a funeral of someone he knows. The widow of the funeral gets into trouble with people her husband knew. The people who gave her trouble are dealt with by a different man, who's running an operation that everyone knows. The widow has a body of one thief and the drug boss got rid of the other loose end. Another separate plot line is running with the innkeeper and his friend. Everything is so, so interesting. All the characters are making such interesting choices.
Really amazing descriptions
OK so basically there's this crazy widow who's having a late life crisis after her crooked cop husband dies and a drug kingpin's loser drug cooks try to come after her for evidence their boss wants, there's a group of four veterans from Afghanistan who killed an innocent family and two of them are "innocent" but someone is coming for all of them, and there's a man who links them all together who owns an inn where only crazy people and veterans live. And cops who were "crooked".
The end is that the crime boss kills a person in the house, the old but somehow lovable veteran, and shoots the guy who usually only stays in his room but that guy survives. The woman in the group, the one who got shot in the stomach when they were abroad stealing safe-passage money, was the one going around killing the group and stealing their money. She shot Nick in the kneecap but he booby trapped his money so she got blown up. In the end, everyone except that old veteran guy and Driver were alive (Driver is the crime drug boss guy and he was run over by cop guy who runs the inn). Shauna, the crazy widow, vanished.
One of the interesting storylines I didn't see coming is that Clay, the sheriff friend of the cop guy running the inn, got into a love situation with the woman April who checked into the inn before all this other stuff happened, and was spending time with April and her "son", but it turns out that April is in fact not running away from an abusive husband but actually a child abductor who stole a kid and is running from the family after her own partner got taken to jail. Insane did not see coming kind of didn't add much to the story but was emotional. The most emotional scene is when Clay had to shoot April because she was holding onto the child and slowly reaching for the knife in his pocket. She died, but the GIRL child was returned to her parents.
I feel the ending is kinda stupid. Clay falling back in love with some reporter who's healing him or whatever, the cop inn owner guys girlfriend is now his fiancé because he proposed to her in the hospital (where she was because he accidentally shot her in the stomach which is poetic because the woman who got blown up also got shot in the stomach when they first stole the millions of dollars), and the widow crazy lady going through a late-life crisis is now missing. No closure whatsoever.
Honestly took me so long to read, not because the writing was bad but just because it didn't interest me enough, and beyond that I get to the end and the ending is just there, you know? There's closure but it's not satisfying. Maybe if it ended on any other note than Clay's love life? Because it feels like the last thing I care about, honestly.
Anyways, lowk 3.5 stars? Good writing but didn't feel it.
Really amazing descriptions
OK so basically there's this crazy widow who's having a late life crisis after her crooked cop husband dies and a drug kingpin's loser drug cooks try to come after her for evidence their boss wants, there's a group of four veterans from Afghanistan who killed an innocent family and two of them are "innocent" but someone is coming for all of them, and there's a man who links them all together who owns an inn where only crazy people and veterans live. And cops who were "crooked".
The end is that the crime boss kills a person in the house, the old but somehow lovable veteran, and shoots the guy who usually only stays in his room but that guy survives. The woman in the group, the one who got shot in the stomach when they were abroad stealing safe-passage money, was the one going around killing the group and stealing their money. She shot Nick in the kneecap but he booby trapped his money so she got blown up. In the end, everyone except that old veteran guy and Driver were alive (Driver is the crime drug boss guy and he was run over by cop guy who runs the inn). Shauna, the crazy widow, vanished.
One of the interesting storylines I didn't see coming is that Clay, the sheriff friend of the cop guy running the inn, got into a love situation with the woman April who checked into the inn before all this other stuff happened, and was spending time with April and her "son", but it turns out that April is in fact not running away from an abusive husband but actually a child abductor who stole a kid and is running from the family after her own partner got taken to jail. Insane did not see coming kind of didn't add much to the story but was emotional. The most emotional scene is when Clay had to shoot April because she was holding onto the child and slowly reaching for the knife in his pocket. She died, but the GIRL child was returned to her parents.
I feel the ending is kinda stupid. Clay falling back in love with some reporter who's healing him or whatever, the cop inn owner guys girlfriend is now his fiancé because he proposed to her in the hospital (where she was because he accidentally shot her in the stomach which is poetic because the woman who got blown up also got shot in the stomach when they first stole the millions of dollars), and the widow crazy lady going through a late-life crisis is now missing. No closure whatsoever.
Honestly took me so long to read, not because the writing was bad but just because it didn't interest me enough, and beyond that I get to the end and the ending is just there, you know? There's closure but it's not satisfying. Maybe if it ended on any other note than Clay's love life? Because it feels like the last thing I care about, honestly.
Anyways, lowk 3.5 stars? Good writing but didn't feel it.
If I could give this 4.5 stars I would! It was such a quick and immersing read that had me turning the pages at lightning speed! As this is my first James Patterson book I was pleasantly surprised.
The way this story unfolds through the perspectives of almost everyone who lives at the Inn adds much more depth and intrigue to the plot and outcome! I loved the small chapters, and the fast paced nature of this book. The only miss for me was the lack of name at the start of each chapter that indicated whose perspective it was. I spent atleast the first paragraph trying to guess who was speaking.
Another small, meager point of contention was the amount of subplots going on. In the end, it does all come together to fit in the overarching plot of the story and I feel it's much more interesting to read the different subplots as they pertain to different characters. If you're not into that, then this book is probably not for you.
Definitely recommend this one if you're looking for a mystery/ action book that is fast paced and a real page turner.
The way this story unfolds through the perspectives of almost everyone who lives at the Inn adds much more depth and intrigue to the plot and outcome! I loved the small chapters, and the fast paced nature of this book. The only miss for me was the lack of name at the start of each chapter that indicated whose perspective it was. I spent atleast the first paragraph trying to guess who was speaking.
Another small, meager point of contention was the amount of subplots going on. In the end, it does all come together to fit in the overarching plot of the story and I feel it's much more interesting to read the different subplots as they pertain to different characters. If you're not into that, then this book is probably not for you.
Definitely recommend this one if you're looking for a mystery/ action book that is fast paced and a real page turner.
AUDIOBOOK: I was totally confused at the end because for whatever reason a whole new book started so I found the ending to be abrupt and confusing. That being said, the book was good but kind of odd. There were a bunch of different storylines that all revolved around the titular inn which was ok. Didn’t hate it but didn’t love it either.
DNF at 26%. I've never read a Patterson book before and this one did not endear me to his work. Too much gore, not enough character drama (and yet somehow too much), too many POVs. Not my cup of tea.
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed this action-packed, mystery thriller. I think its meant to be a tv series and one of the best Patterson books I've read. I didn't know this was the second in a series. I didn't feel I was missing the back story. Bill runs an inn it seems for people who have nowhere else to go. many of the residents are quicky yet loveable.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes