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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Really slow until the last 20 ish pages. I almost DNF this book. It’s fine. Not sure why James Patterson thought it was “irresistible”.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
3.25 stars rounded down to 3.*
The premise of this book as well as the protagonist, a young female Asian PI, made me interested in it. Unfortunately, the writing and development of the character fall short. I'm baffled by why a white guy from Florida decided to write the story of a Korean-American woman. So much of how he writes her is just wrong. It's like wearing an itchy item of clothing that looks great but is just too uncomfortable and does not fit right.
Hazel is hired to find a young woman who runs away from a Girl's Home in Lake George NY. She gets embroiled in police corruption, nearly kidnapped, raped and murdered by a comically unrealistic bad guy.
This one kind of felt like a Lifetime Movie from the 90s, but he tried to make it relevant by giving it a sex slavery bent as well as a POC main character. The ending was entirely meh.
Yay to the idea. Boo to the author.
*with thanks to NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for this honest review.
The premise of this book as well as the protagonist, a young female Asian PI, made me interested in it. Unfortunately, the writing and development of the character fall short. I'm baffled by why a white guy from Florida decided to write the story of a Korean-American woman. So much of how he writes her is just wrong. It's like wearing an itchy item of clothing that looks great but is just too uncomfortable and does not fit right.
Hazel is hired to find a young woman who runs away from a Girl's Home in Lake George NY. She gets embroiled in police corruption, nearly kidnapped, raped and murdered by a comically unrealistic bad guy.
This one kind of felt like a Lifetime Movie from the 90s, but he tried to make it relevant by giving it a sex slavery bent as well as a POC main character. The ending was entirely meh.
Yay to the idea. Boo to the author.
*with thanks to NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for this honest review.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
