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The Club

Ellery Lloyd

3.22 AVERAGE

dark mysterious medium-paced
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The story begins nicely, but somewhere along the way, it just trudges along. The ending is unrealistic, and I couldn't buy it. Not worth the hype. But of course, compulsively readable (which is an important criterion to succeed in this genre). Hence, 3.5 stars from my side.
Their previous book was way better, IMO.

DNF at 14%
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

I don't know what to say. It was like Agatha Christie herself (I know, that's huge) had come back from the dead and written this book. The way everything tied in and twisted around and I just-

The beginning was like a twisted knot. By the end, you could see that the knot was actually this huge, delicate, intricate web.

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