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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'd consider this a fast-paced slow burn if there ever was such a thing. There wasn' much character devlopment and the storyline wasn't anything special, two things that would normally have me rate a book low but I enjoyed the story itself and it was a quick read...was through it in two days once I started.
I had a feeling everything would tie up neatly in the end but I had no idea how we'd get there and enjoyed the process of getting there.
I had a feeling everything would tie up neatly in the end but I had no idea how we'd get there and enjoyed the process of getting there.
Really enjoyed it. Wasn’t sure who did it until the very end.
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-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
it was a good book, but the country accents were almost too much to handle in the audio book
A boy is murdered in the woods at his best friends’ hunting lodge, and suddenly, the community is wondering what’s true and what’s a lie to save face. As Kate works at her mother’s office with the attorney assigned to the case, she starts to dig deeper into the mystery and discovers the truth is darker than anything she imagined.
I enjoyed this murder mystery. While some of it felt very far-fetched, I liked the dark twists the story took and the idea that money and lies corrupt even the closest friendships.
I enjoyed this murder mystery. While some of it felt very far-fetched, I liked the dark twists the story took and the idea that money and lies corrupt even the closest friendships.
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
The endorsement on the cover sure wasn't kidding when it said this was slow-burning. It was okay. I liked Stone's rapport with Kate. I just wasn't feeling the romance B-plot, even though it was load-bearing. I also figured out who the perpetrator was at about the midway point, not because it was a puzzle that was meant to be solved by a reader, but because of how the author gave reasons for Kate to suspect everyone other than John Michael at one point or another. That led me to believe every other overtly suspicious boy in the group was a red herring...especially after Operation FWS was revealed. It felt to me like Shep was set up to make readers think he was the perp until you find out Grant switched the numbers.
Still, it's a tight story, there weren't any loose ends, and everything Kate discovers along the way matters, so the meandering slice-of-life school stuff wasn't a waste of space. It just wasn't the kind of book that would make me go "Wow, couldn't put that one down!"
Still, it's a tight story, there weren't any loose ends, and everything Kate discovers along the way matters, so the meandering slice-of-life school stuff wasn't a waste of space. It just wasn't the kind of book that would make me go "Wow, couldn't put that one down!"
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
i need for freeform or the CW to pick this up as a mini-series (i say mini because we don't need to suffer through another pretty little liars! thanks!)
I love fictional crime related stories that also has a love story intertwined. Silver spoon kids caught up in the story.