Reviews

A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle

cward7836's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

abjasp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No

4.0

carrousalem's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

bookwormbev17's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

chrissie_jo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

skis_vole's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad 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

3.0

sjw84's review against another edition

3.0

I found this book disappointingly difficult to read. The only reason I persevered and finished it was because it was relatively short.

For me, there were too many characters who were very briefly introduced and then referred back to later with just a name and no prompt as to who they were, so most of my time was spent flicking back to see who was being talked about, especially as I personally didn’t find the plot gripping enough to read very much at once.

There was a good twist, but by that point I was already just looking forward to finishing the book and moving on to something else. It could have been a great Christie-esque mystery if more care was taken to make the characters memorable on introduction, or some other prompt used as a reminder when talking about them later.

I am sure others will enjoy it, but it wasn’t really for me.

kurbanski's review

adventurous mysterious

3.0

millsr's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

swift234's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0