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fleurdevie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
bookskatlikes's review against another edition
1.0
I've been trying to get into this book for months! I pick it up, read a bit and just cannot get into it.
Unfortunately it's a DNF 43% in.
Personally for me the writing feels messy and all over the place, and it fails to keep my interest.
I rarely DNF books, but this may drag me into a slump I don't want and its better we part ways as friends.
Thank you so much NetGalley for giving me a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
Unfortunately it's a DNF 43% in.
Personally for me the writing feels messy and all over the place, and it fails to keep my interest.
I rarely DNF books, but this may drag me into a slump I don't want and its better we part ways as friends.
Thank you so much NetGalley for giving me a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
wordsofclover's review against another edition
4.0
I received this book from the publishers/author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Andrew is an Irish journalist living and working in Mexico City when he and his photographer boyfriend stumble across the body of a person brutally murdered by a cartel. When Andrew's boyfriend Carlos asks too many questions about the body, he is also killed. Now Andrew is faced with a dilemma - turn the other way or begin to probe into the killings which lead back to oil fields, big corporate boardrooms, and a lot of people who have been silenced in terrible ways.
This is a fantastically told story, and something unlike anything I have read before, and I cannot recommend this book enough!
The atmosphere and setting of this book is superb, and I really feel like Mexico City became alive for me while I was reading it, as well as other parts of South America Andrew visits in the novel. The danger towards Andrew and others in his field is clearly stated several times throughout the story, and we see it physically affect Andrew at times, but also shown is the vibrancy of the city and culture and the adrenaline rush that comes with a great story told that is why Andrew lives and breathes Mexico City instead of his Dublin hometown.
You can definitely tell while reading this book, that Tim MacGabhann knows what he was writing about, and has an amazing knowledge of the types of goings-on he is reporting about in the book - the corrupt police force, drug cartels and all those affected by it. His author note at the end of the story is a really good addition, and I would definitely urge people to read it once finished as you learn about where he got inspiration for this story which isn't 100% fictional.
I loved this book, and can't wait to see what Tim MacGabhann writes next. I think the character of Andrew was beautifully portrayed and I was just so sucked into this story - even when it was a little bit scary, and fairly brutal and gruesome at others times.
Andrew is an Irish journalist living and working in Mexico City when he and his photographer boyfriend stumble across the body of a person brutally murdered by a cartel. When Andrew's boyfriend Carlos asks too many questions about the body, he is also killed. Now Andrew is faced with a dilemma - turn the other way or begin to probe into the killings which lead back to oil fields, big corporate boardrooms, and a lot of people who have been silenced in terrible ways.
This is a fantastically told story, and something unlike anything I have read before, and I cannot recommend this book enough!
The atmosphere and setting of this book is superb, and I really feel like Mexico City became alive for me while I was reading it, as well as other parts of South America Andrew visits in the novel. The danger towards Andrew and others in his field is clearly stated several times throughout the story, and we see it physically affect Andrew at times, but also shown is the vibrancy of the city and culture and the adrenaline rush that comes with a great story told that is why Andrew lives and breathes Mexico City instead of his Dublin hometown.
You can definitely tell while reading this book, that Tim MacGabhann knows what he was writing about, and has an amazing knowledge of the types of goings-on he is reporting about in the book - the corrupt police force, drug cartels and all those affected by it. His author note at the end of the story is a really good addition, and I would definitely urge people to read it once finished as you learn about where he got inspiration for this story which isn't 100% fictional.
I loved this book, and can't wait to see what Tim MacGabhann writes next. I think the character of Andrew was beautifully portrayed and I was just so sucked into this story - even when it was a little bit scary, and fairly brutal and gruesome at others times.
uuurrrsssuuusss's review against another edition
5.0
Read this last year and it has really stuck with me. Vividly written, engrossing thriller that really dunks you into the tense, ominous story line while painting a picture of a country that goes beyond the stereotypes that typically dominate when these subjects are fictionalised.
jamesflint's review against another edition
4.0
In Spanish, the verb esperar, it means ‘to hope’, ‘to wait’, and ‘to expect’. Which one you meant, I didn’t know, but I guessed it was maybe all three.
On my blog.
Rep: gay mc, Mexican side characters
CWs: graphic descriptions of violence, death, mentions of drug addiction, drug abuse
Galley provided by publisher
How many reviews do I start with I don’t know what to say? Well, here’s another one for you! I really enjoyed this book, but do I know why? Nope, no such luck!
Call Him Mine is a kind of thriller, but about journalism, and what happens when a journalist and his photographer boyfriend stumble into a big conspiracy. After Carlos is murdered as a result of his investigations, Andrew vows to bring down those behind his death.
This book is one of those ones that grows on you, but you don’t realise quite how much until you’re almost crying over a scene two thirds of the way through (this is not an exaggeration). Because in a way, it’s about grief, and coming to terms with that grief (even if the actual coming to terms bit in this is less generalisable). But that grief is a kind of quiet underlying motif. Which is kind of what I loved about this book. It’s a story with action but with those quiet threads of something more throughout as well.
But while it is a grower as a book, it also does hook you from early on. It opens with a bang and doesn’t let up the whole time. You find yourself constantly on edge about what’s going to happen next, and hoping the whole time that nothing bad happens to Andrew.
And then, when you’re done, what you’re left with is that kind of hollowness that comes from having had your feelings wrecked by a good book.
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