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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
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:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Another fun thriller by Alex. Nothing tops the night shift, but I did enjoy this one. A little more predictable than his previous books
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
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:
Yes
I might watch too much crime tv, but this felt pretty basic. It was good, but didn't jump out at me for the most part. There was one plot twist that was awesome. I gasped out loud and had to tell two people. I might have liked it better if there was a bit more too it, it just felt a bit short.
dark
mysterious
tense
dark
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death
Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Car accident, Death of parent
This book has some good elements and some I didn’t like so much. It was a little hard to follow at times but there is one reveal about 2/3 in which helps to establish how the different stories are connected. It has a lot of action even for a thriller: mobsters, a murder that’s not what you think it is and a new cop whose brother is in the middle of it all. It was certainly entertaining but there were some issues I had with it.
It wasn’t established that the Chaz/Patrick/O’leary/Michael parts were in the past. I think that was to make the reveal more unexpected but I would have preferred if those chapters specified that the high school drama happened 5 year prior. Second, I felt the book was lackluster. It relies too much on action and not enough on substantive writing. There are lots of scenes of people relaying information to each other, repeating parts of the plot over and over again which is just filler. For a book which is only 300 pages, there shouldn’t have been so many of these passages. Third, I didn’t particularly like the FBI agent storyline. Sure it makes for a good twist, but if she really was fired, why didn’t the sheriff just tell her that to begin with? Also why would a brand new cop be the only cop assigned to a break in a huge cold case? I understand a lot of this was for the plot but honestly a lot of it just didn’t make sense. Still, I’m giving it 3 stars because it’s like an action film where you want to know how it ends and there are some good twists, but the substance was not always there.
It wasn’t established that the Chaz/Patrick/O’leary/Michael parts were in the past. I think that was to make the reveal more unexpected but I would have preferred if those chapters specified that the high school drama happened 5 year prior. Second, I felt the book was lackluster. It relies too much on action and not enough on substantive writing. There are lots of scenes of people relaying information to each other, repeating parts of the plot over and over again which is just filler. For a book which is only 300 pages, there shouldn’t have been so many of these passages. Third, I didn’t particularly like the FBI agent storyline. Sure it makes for a good twist, but if she really was fired, why didn’t the sheriff just tell her that to begin with? Also why would a brand new cop be the only cop assigned to a break in a huge cold case? I understand a lot of this was for the plot but honestly a lot of it just didn’t make sense. Still, I’m giving it 3 stars because it’s like an action film where you want to know how it ends and there are some good twists, but the substance was not always there.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No