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2.5 AVERAGE
2.5 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Hätte das Buch sich mehr auf Caris Zeit als Kindersoldatin fokussiert, wäre es für mich viel interessanter gewesen. Das, was in der Gegenwart passiert ist, war leider nicht gerade fesselnd.
I was quite excited about this book and it was the last book I bought in 2019. I wouldn't say I loved it, but it wasn't completely what I expected. I guess I wanted more from the characters.
Cari Mora is one of the main characters, and I wanted to know a lot more about her. I loved her from the very beginning, because there was this mystery around her. Which made it interesting for me to uncover. Until the very end she was full of surprises and my brain wanted more of her story.
But the bad guy... I have mix feeling about him and the crew. I like to connect with the characters even the bad guys. And although I found out a lot about him, his past, his mind, is crazy attitudes... I still didn't get him the way I did with Hannibal in Silence of the Lambs. And I love a good villain. I just wanted to explore more.
Maybe it was the all setting or plot that was causing a problem for me.
But still, overall I enjoyed it. It had a good concept. How doesn't like a good treasure hunt story, with lots of craziness, bad guys, murder and a woman in the middle that is a grey kind of character?
It did have some of those elements, but personally I was expecting some different. Maybe more depth in certain areas of the story and plot. I do know that if it had a bit more darkness, I would have probably loved it.
Cari Mora is one of the main characters, and I wanted to know a lot more about her. I loved her from the very beginning, because there was this mystery around her. Which made it interesting for me to uncover. Until the very end she was full of surprises and my brain wanted more of her story.
But the bad guy... I have mix feeling about him and the crew. I like to connect with the characters even the bad guys. And although I found out a lot about him, his past, his mind, is crazy attitudes... I still didn't get him the way I did with Hannibal in Silence of the Lambs. And I love a good villain. I just wanted to explore more.
Maybe it was the all setting or plot that was causing a problem for me.
But still, overall I enjoyed it. It had a good concept. How doesn't like a good treasure hunt story, with lots of craziness, bad guys, murder and a woman in the middle that is a grey kind of character?
It did have some of those elements, but personally I was expecting some different. Maybe more depth in certain areas of the story and plot. I do know that if it had a bit more darkness, I would have probably loved it.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
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:
Yes
Stephen King tweeted: “I’m reading Cari Mora, the new novel by Thomas Harris. Comes out next month. He’s as good as ever. Reading his prose is like running a slow hand down cold silk.”
Let me preface this short review with this statement...I really like the other books by Thomas Harris, well, maybe not so much Hannibal Rising, but I've read Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon numerous times and enjoyed them each time. With that said, Cari Mora is choppy and annoying. No one has motivation, it's written as a series of completely different point of views, each chapter is 5 pages or less, and then it's on to the next choppy bit. Why is the bad guy such a crazy-bad guy? Who knows? They mention his father beat him, but I don't think that covers human trafficking, selling organs, and dissolving people in high-tech lye vats with windows, to really watch the flesh melt off. You know, how you do.
The titular character doesn't have much of a story, either. We know from her thoughts that she is worried about being deported. She cares for an elderly relative, and cooks well. She grew up as a child soldier in the jungle. But, that's it.
Seriously, there's a chapter about the thoughts of a salt-water, man-eating crocodile who lives under Pablo Escobar's mansion. Weird.
The titular character doesn't have much of a story, either. We know from her thoughts that she is worried about being deported. She cares for an elderly relative, and cooks well. She grew up as a child soldier in the jungle. But, that's it.
Seriously, there's a chapter about the thoughts of a salt-water, man-eating crocodile who lives under Pablo Escobar's mansion. Weird.