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leserdtke's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Ein harter, düsterer und rauer Thriller mit einem mit sich selbst und seinem Umfeld kämpfenden Ermittler, der in dem Moment, in dem er beginnt sich zu öffnen, alles zu verlieren scheint.
terhol's review
4.0
This book was a bit different from the gay detective stories I usually read – and it was a really pleasant surprise. It was more thriller-ish, more raw, and it wasn’t afraid to show the less nice sides of life and people – 4 stars from me and I certainly plan to read other 2 books from this series.
The pace of the book was little bit slow from the beginning, and it took me quite a long to get to the half of the book. But then came the second half, and I could not tear myself away from it. It was fast paced, full of interesting twists and kept my attention till the end.
The detective plot itself was solid – at the beginning I was little bit afraid that it will be more about catching the culprit than finding out who it was, but no worries, it gets more interesting than that. I haven’t expected the ending (even though I could, from some hints in the story), which is always a great plus for me.
The biggest treat though were the characters. It’s been a long time since I read such complex and believable characters, people with their mistakes, dark and ugly sides. The author did a great job here!
So, why 4 stars? The plot was solid, characters really great, sex scenes really good – on the other hand, I would prefer the book to catch my attention right from the beginning, and I wasn’t really happy about some things right at the end – they were logical, but they seemed for me like the author chose the easy way out of solving some parts of the plot.
Who would I recommend this book to? Anyone who likes good mystery/thriller, who isn’t really into fluffy happy stories about world with no violence and homophobia and prefers touch of reality.
And a side note: as a non-native speaker of English, it was challenging for me at the beginning to read characters with Scottish accent – but I got used to after few chapters and I appreciated it as a nice touch at the end.
The pace of the book was little bit slow from the beginning, and it took me quite a long to get to the half of the book. But then came the second half, and I could not tear myself away from it. It was fast paced, full of interesting twists and kept my attention till the end.
The detective plot itself was solid – at the beginning I was little bit afraid that it will be more about catching the culprit than finding out who it was, but no worries, it gets more interesting than that. I haven’t expected the ending (even though I could, from some hints in the story), which is always a great plus for me.
The biggest treat though were the characters. It’s been a long time since I read such complex and believable characters, people with their mistakes, dark and ugly sides. The author did a great job here!
So, why 4 stars? The plot was solid, characters really great, sex scenes really good – on the other hand, I would prefer the book to catch my attention right from the beginning, and I wasn’t really happy about some things right at the end – they were logical, but they seemed for me like the author chose the easy way out of solving some parts of the plot.
Who would I recommend this book to? Anyone who likes good mystery/thriller, who isn’t really into fluffy happy stories about world with no violence and homophobia and prefers touch of reality.
And a side note: as a non-native speaker of English, it was challenging for me at the beginning to read characters with Scottish accent – but I got used to after few chapters and I appreciated it as a nice touch at the end.
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