Reviews

The Shadow Tracer by Meg Gardiner

sarah_d's review against another edition

3.0

This book was fine, entertaining without requiring a lot of brainpower, pretty much your typical thriller. I was disappointed that the main character, who started out so kick-ass, was pretty quickly reduced to a terrified woman constantly yearning for the male good guy to rescue her, but honestly that's such a common occurrence in this type of book that I just squelched down my disappointment and moved on. Overall, the book was solidly entertaining from start to finish, which made it a great read on my daily bus commute, but I can't give it more than three stars.

cft8's review against another edition

3.0

This was a fast-paced read, and I was drawn in to the story. At the beginning, I really thought I would end up giving it 4 stars. I'd give it 3.5 if I could. There were just some plot points that bothered me.

I thought it was way too easy for the Worthes to trace Sarah through the credit cards. I felt like she made a big point about how the prepaid cards weren't traceable, but then the Worthes just waltzed in to the mailbox store, stole her statement and figured out where she was. I didn't think the prepaid cards would have statements and that realistically Sarah would have had less obvious passwords on her account (seriously, she's hiding from the people who killed her sister and she uses her sister's actual name as her code word?).

It seemed like the end left it open to a sequel, so we'll see if there is more.

lucyreads's review against another edition

2.0

I was really intrigued by this book after I read the blurb however it did not live up to my expectations. It starts off well but it soon becomes muddled with the plot not making much sense and there is also a general lack of suspense.