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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
sad
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:
No
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
I really enjoyed this thriller from Kara Thomas. It took a minute to get into all the characters and why they were important, but once I did, I was enthralled. This book felt lived-in — like I was dropped into a developed world and was seeing a part of it. It reminded me of a detective / PI series, although it is a standalone, and I think this ended up being a great thing. There was history with each character that was explained well and it made each character as well-developed as possible.
The plot moves FAST, which I would expect in such a thriller, and I’d recommend this to anyone interested in a PI mystery!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
The plot moves FAST, which I would expect in such a thriller, and I’d recommend this to anyone interested in a PI mystery!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
mysterious
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
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Occasionally you cross paths with a book that sounds like it would be right up your alley, but sadly you don't connect with it. This was one of those for me. Too many characters, plots moving in different directions, unlikable and unrelatable characters just made it hard to follow and find interest in it. My thanks to the publisher for providing a review copy via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.
Too convoluted…full of pointless details that either weren’t narratively important or didn’t add up. I love Thomas’ YA novels but her adult fiction just hasn’t landed for me.
Specific annoyances:
-having a character be a “dumpster baby” for no purpose
-having a character receive a copy of her mother’s 911 call, for no reason
-including details about other cases she’d been a part of with gratuitous violence, that didn’t serve the story
-the random timeline at the end: September is four months post-resolution, making the crime solved in May, a month after the incident took place. She is 6.5 months pregnant on April 2, making her 7.5 months pregnant on May 2. Baby declared viable two weeks later, so roughly May 15, she’s 8 months pregnant. But she doesn’t give birth until July 8. None of those random details were necessary and just pulled me out of the story as I tried to line things up.
-the 30-something woman still pining FIVE YEARS LATER for a man she had kissed one time and had never dated. We are never given any indication on her feelings toward this man, not in any meaningful way.
Specific annoyances:
-having a character be a “dumpster baby” for no purpose
-having a character receive a copy of her mother’s 911 call, for no reason
-including details about other cases she’d been a part of with gratuitous violence, that didn’t serve the story
-the random timeline at the end: September is four months post-resolution, making the crime solved in May, a month after the incident took place. She is 6.5 months pregnant on April 2, making her 7.5 months pregnant on May 2. Baby declared viable two weeks later, so roughly May 15, she’s 8 months pregnant. But she doesn’t give birth until July 8. None of those random details were necessary and just pulled me out of the story as I tried to line things up.
-the 30-something woman still pining FIVE YEARS LATER for a man she had kissed one time and had never dated. We are never given any indication on her feelings toward this man, not in any meaningful way.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes