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tommin's review
challenging
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
amyrs's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
pachypedia's review against another edition
4.0
El libro tarda un poco en llegar al meollo, ya que pasan más de 100 páginas antes del asesinato. Sin embargo, a mí me pareció muy interesante todo el juego previo de los anónimos y los misterios. Me ha gusta mucho el personaje principal y la historia en general está bien llevada, sin embargo se me hizo un poco largo el desenlace.
aversari's review
challenging
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
meg37's review against another edition
4.0
I received this book as a Goodreads Giveaway and was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed reading it. It's a thriller that really keeps you thinking until the very end. I found none of the answers to be obvious. The writing style was fluid and the character development was well carried out. With every character you got a good sense of how they think, what their personality is, etc. I definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys thrillers!
fandomchaos_posts's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Ενδιαφέρουσα πλοκή, αλλά ο κεντρικός χαρακτήρας είναι τόσο αντιπαθητικός που σχεδόν με έκανε να εγκαταλείψω το βιβλίο από την αρχή του. Αν σε κάποιον αρέσουν τα αστυνομικά μυθιστορήματα γεμάτα με σεξιστικούς, ομοφοβικούς και γενικότερα προσβλητικούς χαρακτηρισμούς, τότε αυτό το βιβλίο είναι ιδανικό.
Η περίληψη γενικά αντικατοπτρίζει το περιεχόμενο. Ο Μαρκ όντως βρίσκεται νεκρός - στη μέση του βιβλίου -, και η ζωή του Ντέιβ απειλείται - χωρίς ουσιαστικό τρόπο και στο τελευταίο ⅐ του βιβλίου.
wellingtonestatelibrary's review
3.0
I don't consider myself to be a nitpicky critic when it comes to books; I either like them, love them or hate them and then try to figure out why. I must have liked this book because I read it in a day and a half. As opposed to other reviewers on here, I did not guess the mystery itself until just a few pages before Dave Gurney, so that in itself kept me turning the pages. I had some major problems with the characters themselves, however, which just got worse as the book went on. It's funny, because while reading this book I kept catching myself doing something I've never done before. I kept wondering, "How does the author want me to feel about...this character...and that character?" It's hard to explain but I somehow felt that, between Dave and Madeleine, he wanted me to like one over the other but I kept wavering as to which way I was supposed to feel. Truly, by the end of the book I wished both of them would get back to marriage counseling pronto, because they both have some major personal issues to deal with. Dave seems to think he is the smartest person in the room while at the same time wanting them all to think that he is humble. He doesn't have much nice to say about anyone, especially his fellow team-mates on the task force. Not one. You would think that he could have found one officer that he could relate to, but no, they were all bumbling idiots in his perception. He couldn't trust anyone else to do the work; he had to run himself ragged driving all over the countryside to solve the murder himself. This, and his vaguely inappropriate relationship with his art instructor, is what has his wife so worked up. So, since I clearly have this poor regard for Dave Gurney, you would think that I would be sympathetic to his wife right? No. I think that she was supposed to come across as lonely and long-suffering but all I saw was a passive aggressive woman who thinks she is better than her husband and uses every means available to make sure that he knows it.
Having said all of that, I still think the book was a good first effort and am going to continue reading the series in the hopes that the author had some kind of purpose in distracting us from the mystery itself with this muddled marriage. The author hinted at some sort of epiphany of Dave's towards the end of the book and I hope that he carries on with this in the following books. Perhaps if Dave calms himself down then Madeleine will lighten up. We shall see.
Having said all of that, I still think the book was a good first effort and am going to continue reading the series in the hopes that the author had some kind of purpose in distracting us from the mystery itself with this muddled marriage. The author hinted at some sort of epiphany of Dave's towards the end of the book and I hope that he carries on with this in the following books. Perhaps if Dave calms himself down then Madeleine will lighten up. We shall see.