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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
3.5🌟
it's a good read with really twisted, sick storyline. it got me thinking of the death from another angle.
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the writting is around 2🌟..it's like the writer crammed a good story into a short one. the end of almost all the chapters are abrupt and most of the time it just hangs there. like i flip to the next page wanting to know more, and hey, it's a new chapter - new day.
it's a good read with really twisted, sick storyline. it got me thinking of the death from another angle.
.
the writting is around 2🌟..it's like the writer crammed a good story into a short one. the end of almost all the chapters are abrupt and most of the time it just hangs there. like i flip to the next page wanting to know more, and hey, it's a new chapter - new day.
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:
No
“He might kill her, she might let him”. Was expecting some weird, twisted, obsessive love. Finally some non-vomit inducing romance? Alas! None of that.
We get a childish MC who never grew out of her “sarcasm and punches” phase, a very bland and boring love interest, and a killer who, while fascinating in the beginning, gets a total re-evaluation in the middle of the book and suddenly becomes completely unhinged, instead of cold and calculating.
The writing was bad, though I eventually got used to it. At times monotonous, other times frantic, it didn’t set a pace for the novel as much as give me a headache. Also, so! Many! Exclamation! Points! Rah!
They had me at the blurb and reviews, they lost me at the writing style and character un-development.
We get a childish MC who never grew out of her “sarcasm and punches” phase, a very bland and boring love interest, and a killer who, while fascinating in the beginning, gets a total re-evaluation in the middle of the book and suddenly becomes completely unhinged, instead of cold and calculating.
The writing was bad, though I eventually got used to it. At times monotonous, other times frantic, it didn’t set a pace for the novel as much as give me a headache. Also, so! Many! Exclamation! Points! Rah!
They had me at the blurb and reviews, they lost me at the writing style and character un-development.
I was enjoying the story but wasn’t keen on the narrators voice. I’ll be continuing with it physically instead of via audio
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read this novel pretty fast, which, for me, means I really liked it. It was fast-paced, I liked the characters, the plot was pretty good. I particularly enjoyed the humour injected by the man with Alzheimer's, I thought that was a nice touch.
A gore fest in more ways than one. Now I know crime novels are essentially gritty and violent, chilling etc but I'm afraid this was just too much of a blood fest for me from page one. The girl running in high heels from a killer in her work building at night - TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF WOMAN - she did, but too late - suffered a horrible end and as for that guy in the cinema - oh dear me. Eve was being sick - vividly sick - as each victim succumbed to their deaths and I'm afraid I was a bit too.
Having said that, the writing was as sharp as that knife the killer stuck through that man's head and there were plot twists a plenty. The premise of Eve being a reporter and looking after her father who had dementia brought a personal note to proceedings. I also liked the clever nod to how people now are sick enough to film a crime scene, or someone taking their last strained breaths. And how news happens and spreads despite the reporters best efforts to get the scoop first.
Just didn't manage to breathe through the choke of the blood for me though.
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Having said that, the writing was as sharp as that knife the killer stuck through that man's head and there were plot twists a plenty. The premise of Eve being a reporter and looking after her father who had dementia brought a personal note to proceedings. I also liked the clever nod to how people now are sick enough to film a crime scene, or someone taking their last strained breaths. And how news happens and spreads despite the reporters best efforts to get the scoop first.
Just didn't manage to breathe through the choke of the blood for me though.
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This is an amazing crime thriller book, I'm normally not a fan of this genere as much as the others but this book really made me want to read more crime books!!!!
Loved it! I loved the twists and turns in the book deffo will reread it again sometime