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sk24's review
5.0
4.5/5 stars
Fear the Worst follows a middle-aged man named Tim on his search for his daughter. Imagine you have a teenage daughter who suddenly goes missing, with no clear reason as to why. Then, when you go to her place of work the night she didn't come home, they have never heard of her. None of her friends seem to know where she went either. What would you do? Well, this is what happens to Tim in Fear the Worst. His journey is crazy and horrible and frustrating. Filled with action, mystery, and suspense, Fear the Worst is a great read for lovers of Mystery/Crime novels.
Tim is very relatable and easy to connect with and feel for. He is just your every day Joe who ends up getting caught up in all this crazy shit. I really sympathized for this guy. People kept trying to set him up and all he wanted was to find his daughter. But, soon the police are more interested in interrogating him than looking for his daughter. How frustrating! Nothing can go right for this guy.
The trauma in this story is never-ending. Shit keeps going down. One thing after another, after another. It's a pretty crazy story and quite intense, at times, to read. The novel is just one big shit storm for poor Tim. First, his daughter goes missing. (Then a series of other events happen throughout the novel to make Tim's life a living Hell)--> All the while, he's just trying to find his daughter and the cops are, instead of helping him, after him because they think he did all those things and killed his own daughter. Poor dude.
I am a fan of Linwood Barclay. I think he's an excellent story-teller that keeps his readers on their toes and always has unpredictable endings. In fact, there was a crazy twist at the end of Fear the Worst that I didn't see coming! My favourite novel of Barclay's so far is still No Time for Goodbye, but this one was enjoyable as well.
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Fear the Worst follows a middle-aged man named Tim on his search for his daughter. Imagine you have a teenage daughter who suddenly goes missing, with no clear reason as to why. Then, when you go to her place of work the night she didn't come home, they have never heard of her. None of her friends seem to know where she went either. What would you do? Well, this is what happens to Tim in Fear the Worst. His journey is crazy and horrible and frustrating. Filled with action, mystery, and suspense, Fear the Worst is a great read for lovers of Mystery/Crime novels.
Tim is very relatable and easy to connect with and feel for. He is just your every day Joe who ends up getting caught up in all this crazy shit. I really sympathized for this guy. People kept trying to set him up and all he wanted was to find his daughter. But, soon the police are more interested in interrogating him than looking for his daughter. How frustrating! Nothing can go right for this guy.
The trauma in this story is never-ending. Shit keeps going down. One thing after another, after another. It's a pretty crazy story and quite intense, at times, to read. The novel is just one big shit storm for poor Tim. First, his daughter goes missing. (Then a series of other events happen throughout the novel to make Tim's life a living Hell)-->
Spoiler
Then his home gets broken into while he's on a wild goose chase in Seattle, due to a false lead on his daughter's whereabouts. Then someone tries to kill him. Then he finds out he has another daughter from when he donated sperm in college, and she's missing now too. Then his crazy ex-girlfriend winds up dead in his house.I am a fan of Linwood Barclay. I think he's an excellent story-teller that keeps his readers on their toes and always has unpredictable endings. In fact, there was a crazy twist at the end of Fear the Worst that I didn't see coming! My favourite novel of Barclay's so far is still No Time for Goodbye, but this one was enjoyable as well.
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jeffgreen's review
3.0
Well, it was a decent read. He keeps the suspense moving at a decent clip. Nothing earth shattering, and a few ridiculous coincidences. But overall a solid enough plane thriller as I warm up for Infinite Jest. :)
tlt19's review
3.0
I found this a little slow going at times. Also I wasn't too fond of the narrator, Buck Schirner and his voices for the characters. The main character sounded much older than he was supposed to be and one of the characters sounded like Scooby Doo!
cris136's review
3.0
Great thriller. As I was reading I kept thinking there's so many people who could be the bad guy! I enjoyed all the dramatic plot twists. Quick read too, because it's so suspenseful you just wanna keep on reading.
novelesque_life's review
3.0
3 STARS
"That's what Tim Blake finds himself asking when his daughter Sydney vanishes into thin air. At the hotel where she was supposedly working, no one has ever heard of her. Even her closest friends can't tell him what Sydney was really doing in the weeks before her disappearance. Now as the days pass without a word, Tim is forced to face not only the fact that Sydney is missing but that the daughter he's loved and nurtured, the daughter he thought he knew as well as anyone, is a virtual stranger.
As he retraces Sydney's steps, searching for clues to her secret life, Tim discovers that the suburban Connecticut town he always thought of as perfectly ordinary has a darker side. But what he doesn't know is just how dark. Because while he's out searching for his daughter, questioning everyone who might have known her, someone is watching him.
For Tim isn't the only one who'll do anything to find Syd. Whatever trouble she's in, there's a lot more on the way.and it's following in Tim's footsteps. The closer Tim comes to the truth, the closer he comes to every parent's worst nightmare.and the kind of evil only a parent's love has a chance in hell of stopping." (From Amazon)
Another fast paced suspense novel from Barclay! In this novel, a father tries to find his missing daughter in the midst of heavy debts and losing his job. I liked this novel but did not seem to connect to the main character, Tim but I felt for his plight.
"That's what Tim Blake finds himself asking when his daughter Sydney vanishes into thin air. At the hotel where she was supposedly working, no one has ever heard of her. Even her closest friends can't tell him what Sydney was really doing in the weeks before her disappearance. Now as the days pass without a word, Tim is forced to face not only the fact that Sydney is missing but that the daughter he's loved and nurtured, the daughter he thought he knew as well as anyone, is a virtual stranger.
As he retraces Sydney's steps, searching for clues to her secret life, Tim discovers that the suburban Connecticut town he always thought of as perfectly ordinary has a darker side. But what he doesn't know is just how dark. Because while he's out searching for his daughter, questioning everyone who might have known her, someone is watching him.
For Tim isn't the only one who'll do anything to find Syd. Whatever trouble she's in, there's a lot more on the way.and it's following in Tim's footsteps. The closer Tim comes to the truth, the closer he comes to every parent's worst nightmare.and the kind of evil only a parent's love has a chance in hell of stopping." (From Amazon)
Another fast paced suspense novel from Barclay! In this novel, a father tries to find his missing daughter in the midst of heavy debts and losing his job. I liked this novel but did not seem to connect to the main character, Tim but I felt for his plight.
annebrooke's review
4.0
Entertaining and fast-paced read. I was occasionally overwhelmed by the pace and sheer unlikelihood of it all, but nevertheless a good read.
bethashcroft's review
3.0
Good twist at the end and very interesting. Typical cop missing mystery. Just includes the P slur so knocked a star off for it.
krusttttt's review
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
adavidgraham's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5