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amy_park's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
3.5
Dark visceral police procedural thriller! I read this for a book club and found from the start the story very gripping. It's a dual narrative of both the main detective and the killer, which was unusual as I haven't seen this done before in a thriller. However the book did start to lack quickly for me.
At the start, the setting was good (Scotland) but as the story progressed I felt the setting was lost. There was no dialect and as I read on, I pictured the setting as generic, which was dissapointing. Some sub-plots made me feel uncomfortable as well as the killer perspective.
I felt it lacked as there was no backstory for the killer, in some novels backstory can also be uncomfortable as its more of a justifying "victim speech" but I feel this was needed as his past was alluded too but not explained.
The chapter of skydiving was kind of lost on me, but following discussion I can now see this alluded to the detecitve's mental health state and PTSD on his trauma before relocation.
I won't continue with the series but the book was a gripping thriller.
At the start, the setting was good (Scotland) but as the story progressed I felt the setting was lost. There was no dialect and as I read on, I pictured the setting as generic, which was dissapointing. Some sub-plots made me feel uncomfortable as well as the killer perspective.
I felt it lacked as there was no backstory for the killer, in some novels backstory can also be uncomfortable as its more of a justifying "victim speech" but I feel this was needed as his past was alluded too but not explained.
The chapter of skydiving was kind of lost on me, but following discussion I can now see this alluded to the detecitve's mental health state and PTSD on his trauma before relocation.
I won't continue with the series but the book was a gripping thriller.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Rape
krystalframe's review against another edition
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Torture
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Child death and Rape
dogearedbooks's review against another edition
I may continue but at the moment it is a DNF. The books MC isn't fun to read, their is no real mystery and Luc hasn't even done anything to solve the case and I'm 50% in. Like nothing has really happened with the main case other then women dieing and being tortured, nothing is being solved or worked on.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, and Torture
Moderate: Violence, Stalking, and Vomit
heatherdavies's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I enjoyed the quick pace of this book and felt it read kind of like a TV show? Example being Netflix's The Fall, where you have the suspects perspective along with the detectives. Reginald King makes for an incredibly creepy individual and where I normally can find empathy, he was very difficult to feel for (probably done on purpose).
And as a final note regarding the ending, I felt like murdering Billie was pretty gratuitous?? And didnt really fit, was brushed over and then you're only like 15 pages from the end and just left so unsatisfied by everything... but it did not take away from the build up and characters progression up to that point which is why I docked 1 star but it remains at 4 stars.
And as a final note regarding the ending,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Stalking, Torture, and Violence
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