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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
was good and probably worth the read for me as I'm into the genre, but not great
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Easy to read, loved reading about an Australian town in the 1980's.
Story felt a little slow, or maybe I just wasn't that invested in the story. The twists and reveals didn't feel super suspenseful or shocking.
I didn't enjoy it as much as I enjoyed The Nowhere Child, and The Wife and the Widow.
I didn't feel like the characters had much depth, and didn't feel overly connected to any of the characters.
The developments felt just dropped into the story out of nowhere, with no lead up, I think for the shock factor but just felt disconnected.
Story felt a little slow, or maybe I just wasn't that invested in the story. The twists and reveals didn't feel super suspenseful or shocking.
I didn't enjoy it as much as I enjoyed The Nowhere Child, and The Wife and the Widow.
I didn't feel like the characters had much depth, and didn't feel overly connected to any of the characters.
The developments felt just dropped into the story out of nowhere, with no lead up, I think for the shock factor but just felt disconnected.
This reads like a twisty Harlan Coben-esque TV series. It's centered on a small community in Victoria in the closing weeks of 1989. A teenage girl has gone missing and while it's initially assumed that she's run away, the neighbours begin to suspect that a local boy might have been involved.
I pelted through this in a single afternoon, completely engrossed and wanting to know what was going to happen. As with The Wife and the Widow, White is brilliant at misdirection. There are a number of pleasing reveals along the way and then suddenly - bam! - a couple of whopper "I did not see THAT coming" twists. While ultimately I am not sure that there's much here that's memorable, it was a gripping read that I did not want to put down.
I pelted through this in a single afternoon, completely engrossed and wanting to know what was going to happen. As with The Wife and the Widow, White is brilliant at misdirection. There are a number of pleasing reveals along the way and then suddenly - bam! - a couple of whopper "I did not see THAT coming" twists. While ultimately I am not sure that there's much here that's memorable, it was a gripping read that I did not want to put down.
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It is no suprise that I loved this book as I have lovvvvvvved Christian White’s other two novels (seriously people are probably sick of me talking about Wife & The Widow) so this was def an auto-buy for me!!!
I honestly just want to crawl inside his head and hug his brain, he is one talented writer that I will forever enjoy!!
Wild Place is a mystery/thriller (I’d say more mystery) set in the late 80s in a small town Camp Hill of Australia. This is one juicy plot, I have never read anything about the satanic panic and I wasn’t quite sure I’d like this story line… but it was done so so so well. You will be kept guessing right up until the end…. And even then you still won’t know what the f happened and how the f you got there
I honestly just want to crawl inside his head and hug his brain, he is one talented writer that I will forever enjoy!!
Wild Place is a mystery/thriller (I’d say more mystery) set in the late 80s in a small town Camp Hill of Australia. This is one juicy plot, I have never read anything about the satanic panic and I wasn’t quite sure I’d like this story line… but it was done so so so well. You will be kept guessing right up until the end…. And even then you still won’t know what the f happened and how the f you got there
Set in 1989 and the New Year 1990 - A plot that twisted and had me guessing all the way to the end.
Wild Place is Christian White's third novel.
It's a short and well-paced crime novel, with the usual red hearings, there weren't many plot holes or unbelievable aspects to it.
My rating is about how I felt during and after finishing it, not about the novel's quality.
I've got to take a break from reading this genre, no matter how much readers rave about this title or that title.
It's a short and well-paced crime novel, with the usual red hearings, there weren't many plot holes or unbelievable aspects to it.
My rating is about how I felt during and after finishing it, not about the novel's quality.
I've got to take a break from reading this genre, no matter how much readers rave about this title or that title.
Wild Place is Australian thriller writer Christian White's third novel. I loved his previous two in particular The Wife and the Widow. White has the art of misdirection down pat and this was supremely evident when the twist in The Wife and the Widow was revealed. My jaw dropped and I had to re-read a few chapters to understand what the heck had happened! So I think I had unrealistically high expectations for this third book as it fell a little flat for me.
It's set in suburban Australia in 1989. A teenager goes missing and local high school teacher Tom Wittner thinks he can uncover the truth. There's talk of Satanic rituals and a weirdly obsessive neighbourhood watch group.
The story is quite engaging and I binged it over two sessions as soon as we arrived on holiday but the twist just didn't wow me. I definitely hadn't seen it coming but it just didn't seem believable at all. Once the second twist came the story came together but I just wasn’t satisfied and it felt a bit meh.
As I said I think this book suffered from just how much I loved his previous book. It's definitely a page turner so I'd still recommend it as a great holiday read. And I'm 100% reading whatever White writes next!
It's set in suburban Australia in 1989. A teenager goes missing and local high school teacher Tom Wittner thinks he can uncover the truth. There's talk of Satanic rituals and a weirdly obsessive neighbourhood watch group.
The story is quite engaging and I binged it over two sessions as soon as we arrived on holiday but the twist just didn't wow me. I definitely hadn't seen it coming but it just didn't seem believable at all. Once the second twist came the story came together but I just wasn’t satisfied and it felt a bit meh.
As I said I think this book suffered from just how much I loved his previous book. It's definitely a page turner so I'd still recommend it as a great holiday read. And I'm 100% reading whatever White writes next!