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rhiannonneill's review against another edition
5.0
Val McDermid has done it again with the 6th installment of the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series! McDermid yet again keeps the pace of the story in line with the previous books in the series while also creating depth to the story by including plenty of believable details. McDermid has a brilliant way of including police procedural jargon in her novels but done in such a way that someone with no knowledge can follow what is going on, which also contributes to the detail of the storyline
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I love the way McDermid writes the actual setting of Bradfield as even though it is a fictional place, she describes it with so much detail it could be a real place. She has expanded the story further than Bradfield in this installment but hasn't dropped any of the details in these new places
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I'm loving rejoining Tony, Carol and the rest of the team as with each novel we learn a little bit more about them all while still feeling like you are saying hello to old friends. I'm especially liking how a particular relationship seemes to be developing and changing, but I wont say more than that to avoid spoilers!
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Normally I'm not a fan of open endings in books, but in this case I think the ending of this book was done perfectly as it makes me want to pick up the next one in the series straight away to see where the story is headed. The next one in the series is definitely on my radar for the next couple of months!
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is a series I wholeheartedly recommend 5⃣⭐
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I love the way McDermid writes the actual setting of Bradfield as even though it is a fictional place, she describes it with so much detail it could be a real place. She has expanded the story further than Bradfield in this installment but hasn't dropped any of the details in these new places
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I'm loving rejoining Tony, Carol and the rest of the team as with each novel we learn a little bit more about them all while still feeling like you are saying hello to old friends. I'm especially liking how a particular relationship seemes to be developing and changing, but I wont say more than that to avoid spoilers!
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Normally I'm not a fan of open endings in books, but in this case I think the ending of this book was done perfectly as it makes me want to pick up the next one in the series straight away to see where the story is headed. The next one in the series is definitely on my radar for the next couple of months!
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is a series I wholeheartedly recommend 5⃣⭐
kristinisreading's review
3.0
My only background for this book was seeing the television series, which I liked - despite being a bit gruesome. I liked the book for what it was, a police chase, psychological thriller. I didn't mind the ending, but it did seem to have broken off midstream and then ended.
dogearedandfurry's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. Each book just gets better - I was actively skipping other social time activities to plough through the last 1/3 of the book, and hoping I could steam through the last 66 pages on my commute, before I had to get off the bus. Very, very good. Liked learning more about Tony’s father, and the backstory there.
pjgal22's review
2.0
I was really disappointed with this book. Definitely my least favorite McDermid novel (and I've read the entire Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series and all of her standalone thrillers). As another reviewer noted, it almost seems like she wrote this book merely to punish all the readers who had become invested in Tony and Carol's relationship, which had always had an air of uncertainty about it but which, by Fever of the Bone, felt like it was finally starting to move in a positive direction. She quickly undoes that progress with this book. The events that take place not only make it seem impossible that Tony and Carol will be able to find their way back to each other, they also make it seem highly unlikely that either one will know peace or happiness ever again. And all this just to revisit an old villain, who in this book came across as rather one-dimensional and not especially interesting.
Much of the book seemed to drag until about two-thirds of the way through, when suddenly it started barreling forward like a freight train, wrapping up plot lines so quickly and with so little detail that it was quite a letdown. The secondary serial killer case in particular felt rushed and under-developed.
I've been a big fan of the Hill/Jordan series, but I almost wish she had just ended it with Fever of the Bone. I'm not sure I'll read any more if she continues the series. I don't think I want to spend any more time with the irreparably damaged people these two have become.
Much of the book seemed to drag until about two-thirds of the way through, when suddenly it started barreling forward like a freight train, wrapping up plot lines so quickly and with so little detail that it was quite a letdown. The secondary serial killer case in particular felt rushed and under-developed.
I've been a big fan of the Hill/Jordan series, but I almost wish she had just ended it with Fever of the Bone. I'm not sure I'll read any more if she continues the series. I don't think I want to spend any more time with the irreparably damaged people these two have become.
pjgal22's review against another edition
4.0
Another engrossing police procedural from Val McDermid that adds a few more pieces to the puzzle that is Tony Hill. Looking forward to seeing how this book's revelations about Tony's parents influence his future behavior and his relationship with Carol Jordan. Hard to put a McDermid novel down once you've started reading.
marshaskrypuch's review against another edition
4.0
A good crime novel with nuanced characters. This is the first of Val McDermid's that I've read. Now I will go back and read them from the beginning. Love finding authors with lots of good books.
alixv's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
git_r_read's review against another edition
5.0
I seem to have veered away from suspense/police procedural/thrillers lately. I will always make time for Val McDermid though. Her books are more than the killing of victims, the investigation, gruesome crime scenes. The reader knows the investigators and everyone on the periphery. The characters have lives, emotions, fallibilities. Some that make you want to smack them upside the back of the head, hug another and be relieved when the killer is caught. The reader becomes involved in the story.
This one hit close to home as the victims are young teens and I have a child near the same age. I can only imagine the agony, the not knowing.
I can definitely recommend this book and any book by Val McDermid.
This one hit close to home as the victims are young teens and I have a child near the same age. I can only imagine the agony, the not knowing.
I can definitely recommend this book and any book by Val McDermid.
beyondguidance's review
5.0
This book made me feel the most unusual thing.
After reading Val McDermid's stories about Tony Hill & Carol Jordan for years, this book is the one I finished, put down and felt ... nothing. I was completely apathetic and this feeling stayed with me for two more days, just because of this book.
This might seem like a bad thing, but for an author to make me love the characters so much that it altered my own life to become something else for a few days is just amazing!
After reading Val McDermid's stories about Tony Hill & Carol Jordan for years, this book is the one I finished, put down and felt ... nothing. I was completely apathetic and this feeling stayed with me for two more days, just because of this book.
This might seem like a bad thing, but for an author to make me love the characters so much that it altered my own life to become something else for a few days is just amazing!