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jennrid's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-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
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, and Racism
lulo49's review against another edition
4.0
Listened to on Audible. I like the narrator and enjoyed the performance and the story.
nigellicus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
5.0
Slightly steamy southern thriller about a decades-old murder that's also a family drama set in a town full of secrets and corruption, steeped in racism (and resentment at being seen as corrupt and racist by the surely just as corrupt and racist North) and pretty darn miffed at having the past dug up. It's entertaining stuff. The narrator/hero, a legal paragon and bestselling popular author no less, is full of himself, but gets cut down a peg or two often enough to keep him likeable.
It's all solidly entertaining and enthralling, and moves along at an amazing pace after the more stately opening. When people aren't shooting at him, they're warning him or waylaying him or setting his house on fore or iinexplicably trying to kindle a long-dead romance that left scars while the plot twists and turns and ploughs irrevocably to what you know from early on is going to be a climactic courtroom battle. It's smart, which is something I've really come to apreciate over a lot of other qualities in the books I enjoy, and well written.
Published in 1999, some of the way it treats race raises eyebrows because critiques of well-worn tropes have penetrated much further now than they had then. But I think it plays fair and wears its heart on its sleeve. Oh, it also does that thing where every woman's relative attractiveness is detailed and catalogued and assessed, but as characters they're as well drawn as the men.
It's all solidly entertaining and enthralling, and moves along at an amazing pace after the more stately opening. When people aren't shooting at him, they're warning him or waylaying him or setting his house on fore or iinexplicably trying to kindle a long-dead romance that left scars while the plot twists and turns and ploughs irrevocably to what you know from early on is going to be a climactic courtroom battle. It's smart, which is something I've really come to apreciate over a lot of other qualities in the books I enjoy, and well written.
Published in 1999, some of the way it treats race raises eyebrows because critiques of well-worn tropes have penetrated much further now than they had then. But I think it plays fair and wears its heart on its sleeve. Oh, it also does that thing where every woman's relative attractiveness is detailed and catalogued and assessed, but as characters they're as well drawn as the men.
renatalynn's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this book.. Kind of long for me but it was great. already started the second one in the series
piccolochic90's review
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
smurf2416's review against another edition
5.0
The first Penn Cage book and absolutely fantastic. Similar feel and pace to Harlan Coben, with a little John Grisham thrown in (just much better and faster than Grisham). Well thought out and rounded characters, an exciting plot, and fast paced. A book that kept me thinking about it when I wasn’t reading it, and that is always the mark of a great book. Loved it!
billymac1962's review against another edition
4.0
Greg Iles has quickly become one of my favorite authors. His characters are so well drawn that it gets very tough to put the novel down each night and turn the light off. This hadn't fared well for me when I was reading it as I'd had a nagging cough and the late nights weren't helping the battle.
The Quiet Game is a winner, and one I would suspect could easily make the transition to the big screen. I hope it does, because a writer of Iles' talent deserves as much recognition as any of the bestselling authors out there.
This is a tale of The South, where a writer returns to his Mississippi home town for the sake of his child, who can't come to terms with the death of her mother. What should be a peaceful stay with his parents sends Penn Cage on an investigation into the 30 year old murder of a black civil rights worker. A tangled web evolves that really holds your interest to the last page.
That, and characters that you can care about. My favorite of his is still Mortal Fear, but this one I also recommend very highly.
The Quiet Game is a winner, and one I would suspect could easily make the transition to the big screen. I hope it does, because a writer of Iles' talent deserves as much recognition as any of the bestselling authors out there.
This is a tale of The South, where a writer returns to his Mississippi home town for the sake of his child, who can't come to terms with the death of her mother. What should be a peaceful stay with his parents sends Penn Cage on an investigation into the 30 year old murder of a black civil rights worker. A tangled web evolves that really holds your interest to the last page.
That, and characters that you can care about. My favorite of his is still Mortal Fear, but this one I also recommend very highly.
d_audy's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5