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3.43 AVERAGE

dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A slog to get through. I got to the halfway point and then had to skim the rest. Writing-wise, this read like a first draft of a book that had maybe 200 pages of content but was contracted to be 500 pages, so a lot of copy/paste and nonsense descriptions were used. The conversations were mind numbing and there was so much repetition and so many internal monologue questions. 

I thought the actual twist was very lazily done. 

The theme of this book was definitely told, not shown. 
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am_burgler's review

4.0
mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jenstarkey's review

2.0

The beginning is insanely creepy and atmospheric but this book is riddled with editing errors (like information repeated multiple times in the same way - as if the author forgot to go back and remove one of the instances during the editing process) and it’s slow AF to get going after such a great beginning.
adventurous mysterious 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: No

Kara MacIntyre a échappé de peu au massacre qui a coûté la vie à toute sa famille. Adulte désormais, elle tente de vivre une vie normale malgré un traumatisme qui la poursuit nuit et jour. Or, voilà que son frère, qui vient de passer 20 ans en prison pour les meurtres, est relâché pour vice de procédure. Et elle commence à recevoir d’étranges messages sous-entendants que sa sœur Marlie, disparue la nuit des meurtres, est bien vivante. Les fantômes du passé semblent bien décidés à remonter à la surface…

On sent bien dans « Celle qui a survécu » que Lisa Jackson n’en est pas à son coup d’essai. Le récit progresse telle une mécanique bien huilée et le suspense est savamment travaillé. Les personnages sont suffisamment étoffés pour susciter l’intérêt et ne tombent pas dans les clichés insupportables du thriller psychologique. L’intrigue n’est pas d’une originalité folle mais j’étais quand même loin d’avoir deviné le dénouement! Et même s’il était tout à fait satisfaisant, il m’a manqué une résolution précise de tous les points de l’histoire. Omission malheureuse ou volonté de l’autrice? Ça reste accessoire de toute façon et le roman remplit totalement sont rôle de divertissement sans prise de tête. Je compte bien en lire d’autres de Lisa Jackson à l’avenir! 

scrapanda's review

4.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Well-written book and very atmospheric, a small town in twilight and winter snow. I guess it kind of comes with the territory of having multiple characters explore the inciting incident, but there was way too much repetitiveness and circular conversations.

Good twist at the end, but there was way too much that was wrapped up way too fast. That’s really all we get about Marlie? Her side/story definitely deserved more.
SpoilerHer dad being the killer made sense I guess but it still seemed like overkill and an all-too-tidy excuse that he “just saw red.” The multiple killers angle was neat though.
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stleal24's review

3.75
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

bschatt16's review

2.0
mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes