4.4k reviews for:

Look Closer

David Ellis

4.16 AVERAGE

laurajane78's review

4.25

dark medium-paced

m_pala's review

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lauramrand's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

haleykdeem's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bnowak10's review

4.75

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

carlyfreidz's review

2.0

adventurous dark 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

jctheslp's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

_sithabile's review

5.0

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This is how you write a spellbinding thriller!!!

elephantscook's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious 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: No

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This one’s been a bit of a Kindle/TikTok thriller fave for a while, so I went in with pretty high hopes. And honestly? It is a really smart, well-constructed book. The timeline jumps around a bit (left me a little confused for a while), but once things started clicking into place, you can tell it’s all been carefully plotted. It’s sharp. It’s clever. It’s doing the work.

But… I didn’t feel it. No gasping, no yelling “WHAT?!” into the void. It’s giving more mystery than thriller, which is fine—just maybe not what I’m in the mood for right now. Definitely a case of “it’s me, not the book.” I can’t really fault it, it just didn’t give me that 5-star feeling.

megandunn's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes