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knjelite's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.5
The mystery was great as always but I really want to highlight the growing romance between Sara and Will because I love second chance romance and the way they are slowly breaking down each other's walls......I already knew Karin could write a sickening mystery but this romance???? She eating down so I will be continuing with these series very happily.
annies1's review against another edition
2.0
This was a good listen. The whole premise that Will is so dyslexic that he cannot make out INDIVIDUAL LETTERS on an eye chart but is in the GBI is ridiculous. I’m a teacher of kids with dyslexia and if Karin did her research she would not have said he reads at a second grade level when he cannot make out individual letters at all. It’s absolutely preposterous. I also think they need to leave Jeffrey out of stuff now. Come on. Move along. This author gets such rave reviews and her work is mediocre at best.
belovedsnail's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Reread for me, but always enjoyable
emenendez1's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
longhornrach's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
chanelletime's review against another edition
4.0
love me some will trent…this one made me lowkey emotional for sarah and jared, but also WTF THE END?! also i love faith!
jenn_reads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Grief, and Blood
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Rape
r-word used a bunchjimbowen0306's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not going to lie, this book irritated me. It's set in small town Georgia, where the poor are poor, and like many small towns, it's dying on its feet. Sara Linton, who grew up in the town, has moved to Atlanta, after her police chief husband was killed. Don't worry though. She's unhappy (who wouldn't be when your husband's dead), but she's a doctor, so she's not going without.
Linton comes back to Grant County, to find someone's dead, and the suspected killer in custody. Things don't sit well with her, however (it's not how her husband would have done things, darn-it), so she sticks her nose into things, to get things headed down the right path.
Lena Adams is the lead detective till Will Trent is brought in. He's a detective with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (Georgia's equivalent of the FBI). He's unimpressed with the way things are going down, but cruddy, run down, police departments gotta redneck, so there's a battle between Trent, and Adams. I like Trent, he's presented as a good detective, but this book read like the author wanted us to feel sorry for him. He's severely dyslexic. So dyslexic, in fact, that he's portrayed as barely literate. As someone who's dyslexic, I found it insulting (it's hard to believe, but us dyslexics are taught how to manage the situation, even those who went to school years ago), and beggars the question "How did Trent become a senior investigator with the GBI, if he's functionally illiterate?"
The other thing is Adams. It read to me that we weren't supposed to like her either. She's obviously... from the wrong side of the tracks, with a bad upbringing, and a whole heap of bad choices in her past, but she's actually likeable, because she's a sticker. She turns up. She can try hard, when she's encouraged to, and is the most recognisable "flawed hero" in the book. Yes she's a hot mess, but I've not read a book where I've not rooted for her. This said, the book seems to want us to dislike her.
So, in short, we've 3 main characters, one is holier than thou, while the 2 characters I did like I suspect we're supposed to pity maybe? This said, there is a good mystery at the heart of the book, and that makes it readable.
Linton comes back to Grant County, to find someone's dead, and the suspected killer in custody. Things don't sit well with her, however (it's not how her husband would have done things, darn-it), so she sticks her nose into things, to get things headed down the right path.
Lena Adams is the lead detective till Will Trent is brought in. He's a detective with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (Georgia's equivalent of the FBI). He's unimpressed with the way things are going down, but cruddy, run down, police departments gotta redneck, so there's a battle between Trent, and Adams. I like Trent, he's presented as a good detective, but this book read like the author wanted us to feel sorry for him. He's severely dyslexic. So dyslexic, in fact, that he's portrayed as barely literate. As someone who's dyslexic, I found it insulting (it's hard to believe, but us dyslexics are taught how to manage the situation, even those who went to school years ago), and beggars the question "How did Trent become a senior investigator with the GBI, if he's functionally illiterate?"
The other thing is Adams. It read to me that we weren't supposed to like her either. She's obviously... from the wrong side of the tracks, with a bad upbringing, and a whole heap of bad choices in her past, but she's actually likeable, because she's a sticker. She turns up. She can try hard, when she's encouraged to, and is the most recognisable "flawed hero" in the book. Yes she's a hot mess, but I've not read a book where I've not rooted for her. This said, the book seems to want us to dislike her.
So, in short, we've 3 main characters, one is holier than thou, while the 2 characters I did like I suspect we're supposed to pity maybe? This said, there is a good mystery at the heart of the book, and that makes it readable.