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One of the few books I've ever given up on. After 100+ pages, I've put this clunker aside.
There's no sense of place, which is shocking in a novel set in such an atmospheric location. There's no sense of action or adventure. To compensate for those dearths, there are too many indistinguishable characters, none of whom I cared about and none of whom I felt like I should be rooting for.
This feels like the skeleton of a script for a caper film. It might well make a good movie, but it doesn't make good reading.
There's no sense of place, which is shocking in a novel set in such an atmospheric location. There's no sense of action or adventure. To compensate for those dearths, there are too many indistinguishable characters, none of whom I cared about and none of whom I felt like I should be rooting for.
This feels like the skeleton of a script for a caper film. It might well make a good movie, but it doesn't make good reading.
Awful. Totally not like the other Thomas Harris books. I'm not one not to finish a book but this was just really bad.
Not bad..not a patch on silence of the lambs though.
dark
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:
Complicated
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I didn't finish this book because it was awful. The writing was blwnd. The story was lame.
This story was a bit of a surprise to me in that the details outside of the main story were even very vivid. Example of the crocodile (no spoiler here).
There were so many negative reviews that I actually had set my expectations very low. Perhaps that is why I was so surprised. The book was quite gruesome in some spots but I really enjoyed it.
There were so many negative reviews that I actually had set my expectations very low. Perhaps that is why I was so surprised. The book was quite gruesome in some spots but I really enjoyed it.
dark
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Stalking, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Genocide, War