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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Was waiting for the plot twist but fell asleep before we got there.
the writing is strong and there were some really compelling plot twists but as many other reviews will point out, the story is really drawn out for the first 300 pages or so and most of the plot takes place in the final 50. harris's descriptions are good and thorough but maybe too thorough at times ! i hate hate hate nella's white boyfriend, who was awful, one-dimensional, and given way too much credit (maybe that's the point but he just annoyed me Lol!!!).
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i really did not understand this book-everything seemed to happen in the last 30 or so pages, but what happened exactly, i don’t know.
Idk how to feel about this one but I'm disappointed - there were some things that worked regarding the themes explored, setting and tension, but then a lot of things that didn't for me, like tone, characterisation, cohesion and resolution. Maybe more thoughts to come, but for now it's about a 2.5 rating.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A thriller book that actually have a believable yet unpredictable twist? I thought I'll never see the day.
I don't normally find myself enjoying most contemporary thriller as most of them tend to be one-note, predictable, lacking any type of diversity, or all of the above. This book manages to light a candle of hope within me that there's still a chance for contemporary thriller. It touches on a topic that I don't often see a lot in thrillers. From navigating workplace and potraying the feeling of 'otherness' from being the only minority (specifically Black) person in the building to capturing the feeling of burnout from having to handle both micro and macroaggressions as a Black person in a professional setting, specifically the publishing industry. These topics and the showcase of the extreme length that someone will go through to handle them were then interwoven successfully as the core reasoning for the main twist of the book. It's often thrillers that actually dare to touch on more sensitive and often untouched topics that create the most suspenseful experience and I certainly got it from this book especially by the last 20% of the book. Furthermore, I though the way the book handle the twist was very surprising. I thought it was going to go in a different direction for a second but the book was able to give an even better, double-meaning twist to it.
I think if the book were to go a little bit more detailed in regards to showing the cruel reality behind the scene for publishing as a Black person, I would've given it a full 5 but I am still highly highly recommending this book.
I don't normally find myself enjoying most contemporary thriller as most of them tend to be one-note, predictable, lacking any type of diversity, or all of the above. This book manages to light a candle of hope within me that there's still a chance for contemporary thriller. It touches on a topic that I don't often see a lot in thrillers. From navigating workplace and potraying the feeling of 'otherness' from being the only minority (specifically Black) person in the building to capturing the feeling of burnout from having to handle both micro and macroaggressions as a Black person in a professional setting, specifically the publishing industry. These topics and the showcase of the extreme length that someone will go through to handle them were then interwoven successfully as the core reasoning for the main twist of the book. It's often thrillers that actually dare to touch on more sensitive and often untouched topics that create the most suspenseful experience and I certainly got it from this book especially by the last 20% of the book. Furthermore, I though the way the book handle the twist was very surprising. I thought it was going to go in a different direction for a second but the book was able to give an even better, double-meaning twist to it.
I think if the book were to go a little bit more detailed in regards to showing the cruel reality behind the scene for publishing as a Black person, I would've given it a full 5 but I am still highly highly recommending this book.