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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
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
Insgesamt ein sehr gutes Buch mit einer packenden Geschichte und einem Pilot den man nicht direkt durchschaut. Leider fand ich die vielen Sichtwechsel manchmal verwirrend und unangenehm.
As someone very familiar with the Pennsylvania Dutch, I loved this.
Another brilliant Montanari thriller, the plot twists keep you guessing right until the very end and the characters are well written with their own back stories occasionally coming through making them all the more real. The use of the Anderson fairy tales makes this book even more chilling as it takes something from your more innocent childhood days and twists it into something hideous and terrifying. A brilliant fast paced page turner of a thriller
I've read quite a few of the Byrne/Balzano novels now, though completely out of order so half the time I'm not sure what has happened and what will happen, regardless, I've enjoyed them. Unfortunately I wasn't overly enthused about 'Broken Angels'. While it progressed the personal development of both Byrne and Balzano, I felt that the criminal investigation was rather lacking.
This was quite a lengthy novel, and while there were a number of murders throughout - the murders themselves were unique and interesting - there was very little investigation and progression between. For example, there was never an 'A ha!' moment. The big clue that split the case open and changed its direction. There weren't many solid suspects at all either, no one that was suspicious enough to pull the case one way, only to be a red herring. There just seemed to be this directionless description between victim finds.
There was a theme of the Police being understaffed, yet they sent one officer to every music store in the city to see if anyone remembered selling a Savage Garden CD. What are the actual chances of that 'investigation' leading anywhere? Not only with online purchases and the sheer amount of store that sell CDs, but also someone may just have had the disc since it first came out…
The investigative elements to me just seemed to be a way to interweave the plots, not to really add depth or direction. The same can be said to Jessica going to all the vintage stores in the city and happening on the one that both Samantha and the priest worked at. It didn't progress the plot at all, it just pulled subplots together. The ending was a culmination of the plots, but even this wasn't tied up satisfactorily.
I'd rather have seen the team investigate the seemingly minor characters. The priest who watched Kristina on tape wistfully, the worker who happened to be in the area of the first killing and pointed out key information… why weren't these investigations the logical progression rather than CD hunting?
I loved the personal progression of Byrne and Balzano in this novel. The Byrne subplot was full of tension and unexpectedness, totally at contrast with the main plot. You didn't know how the grief-stricken widower would react and how Byrne would be affected.
I was hoping for more interest in this novel, a little more detective work; suspects, twists, red herrings. Though I loved the personal developments, the book did need a little more detail to keep interest.
This was quite a lengthy novel, and while there were a number of murders throughout - the murders themselves were unique and interesting - there was very little investigation and progression between. For example, there was never an 'A ha!' moment. The big clue that split the case open and changed its direction. There weren't many solid suspects at all either, no one that was suspicious enough to pull the case one way, only to be a red herring. There just seemed to be this directionless description between victim finds.
There was a theme of the Police being understaffed, yet they sent one officer to every music store in the city to see if anyone remembered selling a Savage Garden CD. What are the actual chances of that 'investigation' leading anywhere? Not only with online purchases and the sheer amount of store that sell CDs, but also someone may just have had the disc since it first came out…
The investigative elements to me just seemed to be a way to interweave the plots, not to really add depth or direction. The same can be said to Jessica going to all the vintage stores in the city and happening on the one that both Samantha and the priest worked at. It didn't progress the plot at all, it just pulled subplots together. The ending was a culmination of the plots, but even this wasn't tied up satisfactorily.
I'd rather have seen the team investigate the seemingly minor characters. The priest who watched Kristina on tape wistfully, the worker who happened to be in the area of the first killing and pointed out key information… why weren't these investigations the logical progression rather than CD hunting?
I loved the personal progression of Byrne and Balzano in this novel. The Byrne subplot was full of tension and unexpectedness, totally at contrast with the main plot. You didn't know how the grief-stricken widower would react and how Byrne would be affected.
I was hoping for more interest in this novel, a little more detective work; suspects, twists, red herrings. Though I loved the personal developments, the book did need a little more detail to keep interest.
Another good Montanari thriller! You can always count on him for a creepy perpetrator, grizzly crimes and relentless pursuit by Balzano and Byrne. Not for the faint of heart - but great for a quick thrill ride.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is practically a perfect suspense novel, with intriguing murders, three-dimensional characters, brilliant writing, and twists that even I didn't see coming (and that's not easy to do!).