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walford's review against another edition
4.0
Holy Cow what a story. Gruber is scary good and scary smart. I want to marry his mind.
I don't even read in this genre but once every few years, so color me deeply impressed.
I'm a bit too faint-of-heart for this kind of thing, so I kept having to put it down every chapter and read some fluff, for relief. You have been warned, but read it anyway!
I don't even read in this genre but once every few years, so color me deeply impressed.
I'm a bit too faint-of-heart for this kind of thing, so I kept having to put it down every chapter and read some fluff, for relief. You have been warned, but read it anyway!
timetoread_more2022's review against another edition
4.0
in the middle of this one... i like it but parts of it are creepy so I can't read it at night (LOL!)
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finished this book - didn't like it as much as first Jimmy Paz novel, but very well done nevertheless.
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finished this book - didn't like it as much as first Jimmy Paz novel, but very well done nevertheless.
desaree's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
nicholsphoto's review against another edition
2.0
Writing was too dense. The language was worded awkward and having snippets of other languages didn't help. Couldn't even get into a quarter of the book.
rissa1516's review against another edition
4.0
I could not put this book down. The first part of the book you are trying to figure what the heck is going on and how it will be connected. The second part it all starts to fit into place little by little. Thus book definitely made me think and try to get answers. Michael Gruber is a phenomenal writer and intend to read all of his other works!
mvprince's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. It totally held my interest. It was dark and intelligently written. It's obvious that Michael Shubert meticulously researches his books, and I do get the sense that he is by-God going to get all that research in. At times that gets a little tedious, but mostly it's interesting.
archergal's review against another edition
5.0
Well, THAT was quite the ride!
Tropic of Night is a thriller/mystery with supernatural elements. It bounces back and forth in time from the viewpoint of Jane Doe. Jane is a bright, wealthy anthropologist. She's studied (though not really understood) a secretive tribe in Siberia, and another (with more understanding) in Africa. She's been in hiding for a couple of years after her return from Africa. She's hiding from her husband, who's apparently fallen wholeheartedly in love with The Dark Side of a particular kind of witchcraft practiced by the obscure African tribe.
In Miami, someone is killing pregnant women in a particularly gruesome way. Iago Paz, detective, is on the case. Turns out that Jane's sister Mary had been killed in that same way in her home a couple of years earlier. Is Jane's husband back and looking for her/continuing the murders???
The threads of this story weave together pretty masterfully. I was initially a bit put off by Jane's character. She was seriously damaged by her time in Africa and just after, and she's been hiding/recovering.
Paz has his own burdens with his mother and his non-present father and his parnter.
I really enjoyed this book. I had no idea how it was going to turn out. The entries from Jane's journal are pretty interesting. I ended up actually being a little more invested in her than in the detective.
Will definitely look at more books by this author. This was great fun, and a bit creepy to boot.
Tropic of Night is a thriller/mystery with supernatural elements. It bounces back and forth in time from the viewpoint of Jane Doe. Jane is a bright, wealthy anthropologist. She's studied (though not really understood) a secretive tribe in Siberia, and another (with more understanding) in Africa. She's been in hiding for a couple of years after her return from Africa. She's hiding from her husband, who's apparently fallen wholeheartedly in love with The Dark Side of a particular kind of witchcraft practiced by the obscure African tribe.
In Miami, someone is killing pregnant women in a particularly gruesome way. Iago Paz, detective, is on the case. Turns out that Jane's sister Mary had been killed in that same way in her home a couple of years earlier. Is Jane's husband back and looking for her/continuing the murders???
The threads of this story weave together pretty masterfully. I was initially a bit put off by Jane's character. She was seriously damaged by her time in Africa and just after, and she's been hiding/recovering.
Paz has his own burdens with his mother and his non-present father and his parnter.
I really enjoyed this book. I had no idea how it was going to turn out. The entries from Jane's journal are pretty interesting. I ended up actually being a little more invested in her than in the detective.
Will definitely look at more books by this author. This was great fun, and a bit creepy to boot.
knjiskirovac's review against another edition
5.0
One of the best books that I read in recent years. Excellent combination of thriller, mystery, anthropology and horror.
sunnid's review
4.0
Gripping, but gruesome. Recommend to those who love mysteries, magic, and can handle some grisley crime scenes.