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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
i love that alice slater isn't afraid to populate her books with terrible people! more of this please.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What a great second novel! I’m glad the first wasn’t a fluke, very interested in what Alice Slater comes up with next
dark
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:
Complicated
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
(not sure what star rating yet)
i gulped this up in a few days, such a good book to have during this heatwave - it really added to the vibes ✨✨
got to be at alice slater's chat w julia at bookbar for an early book launch, and the q&a realllly piqued my interest
saying it's a mystery/thriller book is not quite accurate, i feel that the characters make the book what it is
felt like there was too much about nothing but i didn't feel bored by it either
more thoughts to come? maybe?
i gulped this up in a few days, such a good book to have during this heatwave - it really added to the vibes ✨✨
got to be at alice slater's chat w julia at bookbar for an early book launch, and the q&a realllly piqued my interest
saying it's a mystery/thriller book is not quite accurate, i feel that the characters make the book what it is
felt like there was too much about nothing but i didn't feel bored by it either
more thoughts to come? maybe?
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
informative
lighthearted
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
When fun, loving and charismatic Daniel goes missing in New Orleans, his sister Caroline who has a very close relationship with him and some say unhealthy. Decides to throw a dinner party In London. She decides to invite his 3 closest friends and Selina a physic that he met in New Orleans just before he went missing. They met and spent lots of time together, so she knows a bit of his mental state before he disappeared. But things do turn out as expected.
Thank you, Hodder and Stoughton, for a copy of Let the bad time roll by Alice Slater. I really loved the author’s debut novel Death of a bookseller, so I was looking forward to reading this.
Let the bad times roll was different to what I was expecting. Yes, this is a great atmospheric story set in New Orleans and made you really feel like you were there with the characters. with the bonus of the recipes intertwined in the storyline. But that were is ended for me. I thought that the author went too off track of the main objective of finding Daniel. It just felt too overloaded with the back story of how Selina and Daniel met, drank and tarot reading that I started getting bored. I just wanted more of the mystery element but sadly for me, it wasn’t to be. 3 stars.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Let the Bad Times Roll by Alice Slater was the perfect book to get me out of my reading slump. With the past and present point of views and the different twists that I didn’t see coming, I couldn’t help but thoroughly enjoy the book and couldn’t put it down.
With Daniel’s disappearance causing his sister Caroline to invite their nearest friends and Selina, a psychic Daniel spent time with in New Orleans, to her flat. Each character is dark, complex and not as they seem, all harbouring their own secrets of the past. New Orleans is described beautifully and I found myself thoroughly immersed in Selina and Daniel’s chapters.
I would overall recommend Let the Bad Times Roll, thank you to Net Galley and Hodder and Stoughton for providing me with the digital ARC.
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
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:
Yes