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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
This book made growing old look so fucking bad that now I want a fucking youth preserving potion.
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dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Peter Swanson is one of my absolute favorite authors and I was so excited for this book to come out. Sadly this one just didn't do it for me. I think my expectations for this were just off because of what I'm used to from his books. The pacing of his books is what I think makes them so exciting, even when I've figured everything out, he's great at building up the suspense. I just felt like this one focused almost solely on the relationships between the characters (which is not a problem, I was just prepared for a thriller!). The problem I did have was I wasn't really bothered by the big age difference as I know some reviewers have been, it was more-so it being the main focus of the novel. If you like slow burning books that focus more on the character than the action, this will definitely be a good one for you!
Spoiler
that almost every character in the book was involved in relations with someone of a significant age difference. Since it was practically everyone, it came off as gimmicky.
Eh. It was something to listen to while I crawl out of a reading slump. Mediocre characters made it hard to care about the plot, but it was just enough to keep me half-listening to the end. Lines like describing a "hacking cough that didn't sound healthy" had me scratching my head at times (when does a hacking cough sound healthy?). There were plenty of those gems scattered about, which really took me out of the story or had me rolling my eyes. Overall, not really impressed with my first Swanson, but I'm open to giving him one more chance with The Kind Worth Saving.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced