Reviews with content warning for Rape - Silver Tears

Fans of The Gilded Cage cannot miss the sequel!
Silver Tears is the second installment in Camilla Läckberg's latest series and the revenge is being served up once again.
Without revealing details that will give away points from the first book, I can say that Silver Tears expands on events we already know of and we learn so much more about protagonist Faye.
Her abusive ex-husband Jack has escaped from prison, which underscores all of the action in present-day. We are also taken into further detail of Faye/Matilda's youth and the basis of her traumas.
As with The Gilded Cage, this is a quick and dirty (yup!) read and I can't wait for the third book.
Recommended!

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kdowli01's review

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tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was a sequel that didn't need to be made, and unfortunately it didn't live up to the first for me.

Synopsis: After ruining her ex-husband financially and framing him for the murder of their daughter, Faye is rich and happy, living part-time in Italy with her daughter and mother hidden away. But her ex-husband escapes from prison at the same time as someone starts buying up shares of her company, threatening her control. She must take drastic action to protect herself.

What I liked:
- It was really quick, and easy to get through
- The message of female empowerment was great

What I didn't like:
- I found it incredibly predictable
- More background on Faye's childhood made her relationship with Jack from the previous book unrealistic
- The characters were all very one-dimensional, with every single woman being an underrated business genius and every man being a misogynist
- Related to that, I got really tired of Faye immediately believing any woman who is not her best friend must be jealous of her
- [Slight spoiler] The ending felt like it was ripped straight from the movie The Other Woman

I really liked the first book in this series, so this was disappointing. It's set up for a third in the series, so maybe I'll give that a shot and see if that's better.

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bookswithmybulldog's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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lillamyy's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense 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? No

4.0

Fortsättningen efter ”En bur av guld”.
Faye tror att allt det jobbiga har ordnat sig, men snart inser hon att ett nytt hotas hennes tillvaro igen. Hon har ett nytt liv utomlands efter att hennes exmake åkte i fängelse och hennes företag Revenge är framgångsrikt. Men så dyker det upp ett allvarligt hot mot företaget och Faye åker tillbaka till Stockholm för att undersöka.
Med hjälp av en handplockad liten grupp kvinnor kämpar hon för att rädda det som är hennes och för att rädda sig själv och dem hon älskar. Kommer hon att lyckas?
En bra fortsättning med bra utveckling av karaktärerna. Berättelsen höll ett högt tempo utan att stressa. Jag gillar hela historien men lämnas med en lös tråd när boken är slut. Denna lilla lösa tråd gör att boken lämnar mig med spänningen kvar och jag hoppas på en till del som jag bara måste läsa. För det kan inte sluta på det sättet det gjorde.

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ida's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

A tale of women's revenge, betrayal and sisterhood.

This is the second book in a series called Faye's Revenge, the first being 'The Golden Cage' which I read back in 2018, and I've been waiting for the follow up for a long time!

What made the first book amazing, was the social commentary, the justice served upon the bad guys and, to be honest, tales of revenge is always interesting to read.

In this book, however, the main character Faye has become too much of what she opposed in the first book. Quite frankly, she disappointed me, and to add insult to injury, some of her actions seemed out of character considering what she has been through.

I saw the plot and twists coming from a mile off, which meant I spent most of the book wanting to shout at Faye for being stupid. A little of this in a book can be a good thing, it puts the reader on the edge because we know more than the characters, but combined with the aforementioned out-of-character actions, it was just plain annoying.

What it boils down to is this, I think: in the first book, and in the flashbacks of this one, Faye's actions are explained away - you can see why she acts the way she does. Here though, she moves from retaliation and revenge to just being an entitled and unlikeable character.

The finale of the book didn't disappoint though, and it was a thrilling conclusion (I reckon there'll be a third, based on that cliffhanger).

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