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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
Weak plot, and after reading spoilers it jumps alllllll over the place.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Solid plot, good horror novel. I hope they make this a movie.
There’s a lot of different things going on and it was hard to follow everything, plus I fell asleep to it a lot.
In "Sleep Tight," Detective Tess Claibourne must confront her buried memories after a new serial killer, The Outcast, murders her parents and kidnaps her daughter. Years earlier, Tess's father arrested another killer, Father Silence, whose execution seemed to end the terror—until now.
The book starts strong, with short chapters and cliffhangers that kept me hooked. However, it slows down with unnecessary details, and Tess, the main character, felt underdeveloped and hard to connect with. Despite intriguing moments, there were too many unresolved plot points, leaving me unsatisfied.
Overall, "Sleep Tight" blends police procedural, horror, and psychological thriller elements, but its pacing issues and crowded plot hold it back. A decent read for crime fiction fans, but it didn’t fully deliver on its potential.
The book starts strong, with short chapters and cliffhangers that kept me hooked. However, it slows down with unnecessary details, and Tess, the main character, felt underdeveloped and hard to connect with. Despite intriguing moments, there were too many unresolved plot points, leaving me unsatisfied.
Overall, "Sleep Tight" blends police procedural, horror, and psychological thriller elements, but its pacing issues and crowded plot hold it back. A decent read for crime fiction fans, but it didn’t fully deliver on its potential.
Wow, this book has a lot going on. I mostly was able to follow along on the audiobook but it did get a bit jumbled at times. I really wanted Benjamin to be the one who made it out instead of Noah and felt like she could have done more to help him at the end. it was very intriguing and a great thriller, though more sad than anything. I also worry about associating DID with violence, though it is a very interesting idea to explore it's also a real disorder that people live with and I think stories like this can be a disservice to those who actually have it.
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
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:
No
Stayed up until exactly midnight to finish this book, it really FLEW in the second half.
I wouldn’t say this book is medium paced, it both felt fast and slow but differently. You’re following mostly Tess but a couple of other people too, so it “slowed down” when you went into their POVs, but those chapters were still fast paced and to the point—does that make sense?
I can’t say this was my favorite thriller but it was good and indeed thrilling! Nothing I would say really came out of left field, but it was more about figuring out how the pieces fit together than a whodunit type mystery. I had a great time reading it! The characters were pretty well crafted, even if a bit archetypal (definitely women written by men here). The story rolled along and was well written (tho I did catch a few typos), like the characters, the plot was crafted nicely. I was kept guessing enough about the things I needed to keep guessing. Several things WERE obvious and I found myself saying “okay well are the characters going to notice this very clear clue orrrr??” But again, it’s not about the who, it’s the how.
Spoiler-ish ahead:
This “multiple personality” situation being like…kind of supernatural??? didn’t fit well to me. If it wasn’t supposed to be like that, someone tell me. I get that [redacted]’s visions had a real-life reasoning, and I buy the absorbing of the identities of the children who were killed, but absorbing the identities of characters who lived and they were all able to kind of mind read each other à la Harry/Voldy type connection?? Yeah, idk! But that was the only thing that felt like an “easy way out” explanation.
I also think, while intentional, we never end up with any focus on [redacted] when they are the mastermind. You find out what’s what but then there’s no version of the villain monologue to give us additional insight to what we’ve learned from the other characters/their investigation.
BUT ANYWAY, this was a fun one. Happy yearly reading goal achievement to me!
I wouldn’t say this book is medium paced, it both felt fast and slow but differently. You’re following mostly Tess but a couple of other people too, so it “slowed down” when you went into their POVs, but those chapters were still fast paced and to the point—does that make sense?
I can’t say this was my favorite thriller but it was good and indeed thrilling! Nothing I would say really came out of left field, but it was more about figuring out how the pieces fit together than a whodunit type mystery. I had a great time reading it! The characters were pretty well crafted, even if a bit archetypal (definitely women written by men here). The story rolled along and was well written (tho I did catch a few typos), like the characters, the plot was crafted nicely. I was kept guessing enough about the things I needed to keep guessing. Several things WERE obvious and I found myself saying “okay well are the characters going to notice this very clear clue orrrr??” But again, it’s not about the who, it’s the how.
Spoiler-ish ahead:
This “multiple personality” situation being like…kind of supernatural??? didn’t fit well to me. If it wasn’t supposed to be like that, someone tell me. I get that [redacted]’s visions had a real-life reasoning, and I buy the absorbing of the identities of the children who were killed, but absorbing the identities of characters who lived and they were all able to kind of mind read each other à la Harry/Voldy type connection?? Yeah, idk! But that was the only thing that felt like an “easy way out” explanation.
I also think, while intentional, we never end up with any focus on [redacted] when they are the mastermind. You find out what’s what but then there’s no version of the villain monologue to give us additional insight to what we’ve learned from the other characters/their investigation.
BUT ANYWAY, this was a fun one. Happy yearly reading goal achievement to me!