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lunetz's review against another edition
3.0
Not hes best book.
I found the plot good and compelling, but in some places I really struggled to finish the chapters; the narrative was slow and almost predictable.
Otherwise I liked it well enough, partly because important themes were covered.
I found the plot good and compelling, but in some places I really struggled to finish the chapters; the narrative was slow and almost predictable.
Otherwise I liked it well enough, partly because important themes were covered.
sarahsass's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
denaiir's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't like the story as much in this one, I couldn't really follow who was who (listening to the audiobook) but still a good one
edita_mikic's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
ianmcnamara's review
5.0
This is book six in the Kim stone series, as expected was better again than the last book. I liked this book as we got to learn more about Kim's team as a whole and there skills. It was also interesting to see Kim away from them working on a separate investigation. Can't get enough of this series and will be reading book seven as soon as I am able to get a copy.
sjj169's review
4.0
I've seen this author's series of books read for awhile on here. I was interested but all my friends seem to love them and I was sorta scared that I would hate one of them and then I would get beat up. (You have seen my friends on here-they are vicious little bookworms)..anyways I threw all the cares to the wind when I saw this one and even if it was book six I figured I would dive right in.
AND IT WAS GOOD! I didn't feel lost that I hadn't read the previous books, even if the author didn't take fifty eleven million pages to 'catch up' the reader. She just managed it in a way that worked and after a few minutes I was completely in. I felt I knew these characters even if I had just met them.
The book starts out with DI Kim Stone being called out when some bones are found on a family farm, after getting her investigative juices flowing she is told that she must work with a former co-worker that she would rather not work be on the same planet with. She does it anyways because once she felt the call of finding out who hurt these people she could not leave it alone.
Then we find out that there is a whole lot more going on than just these bones..(this is not really a spoiler either). There is a whole hate crime underbelly that is going to blow up in her area.
I'm giving the author mad props on this. She researched the heck out of hate crimes and what they mean. I knew that I was pretty much an all around offensive person.
BUT I had never considered myself a racist of any form or fashion. This author made me question myself. She made me think beyond the way that I think. She made me see things in a different light and I didn't always like that. But isn't that a sign of a great author? I've been thinking about several simple passages of this book since I read them and I hope it changed some of my stupid thinking. (She doesn't shame in it..she just made me realize that something I thought was fine is in fact totally not-that's what SHOULD happen when you change someone's thoughts...not just shame them into feeling like a fool because they asked questions or didn't completely understand something.)
I'm giving kudos to the publisher of these books too. They have introduced me to a couple of authors that I never would have normally picked up and I'm so glad I did. I hope they all get the attention that they all deserve because Bookouture and it's authors should get more attention. They are getting mine.
Booksource: Netgalley in exchange for review.
AND IT WAS GOOD! I didn't feel lost that I hadn't read the previous books, even if the author didn't take fifty eleven million pages to 'catch up' the reader. She just managed it in a way that worked and after a few minutes I was completely in. I felt I knew these characters even if I had just met them.
The book starts out with DI Kim Stone being called out when some bones are found on a family farm, after getting her investigative juices flowing she is told that she must work with a former co-worker that she would rather not work be on the same planet with. She does it anyways because once she felt the call of finding out who hurt these people she could not leave it alone.
Then we find out that there is a whole lot more going on than just these bones..(this is not really a spoiler either). There is a whole hate crime underbelly that is going to blow up in her area.
I'm giving the author mad props on this. She researched the heck out of hate crimes and what they mean. I knew that I was pretty much an all around offensive person.
BUT I had never considered myself a racist of any form or fashion. This author made me question myself. She made me think beyond the way that I think. She made me see things in a different light and I didn't always like that. But isn't that a sign of a great author? I've been thinking about several simple passages of this book since I read them and I hope it changed some of my stupid thinking. (She doesn't shame in it..she just made me realize that something I thought was fine is in fact totally not-that's what SHOULD happen when you change someone's thoughts...not just shame them into feeling like a fool because they asked questions or didn't completely understand something.)
I'm giving kudos to the publisher of these books too. They have introduced me to a couple of authors that I never would have normally picked up and I'm so glad I did. I hope they all get the attention that they all deserve because Bookouture and it's authors should get more attention. They are getting mine.
Booksource: Netgalley in exchange for review.
ajcramer87's review against another edition
3.0
This book is based in the UK so it was initially hard to interpret some of the grammar and language differences and it took me a while to get into it. There seemed to be a few different stories going on at the same time which also made parts of it confusing. Overall, from the middle on, it was a good read.
lisaeirene's review
4.0
Excellent book! It started off a little weird--it felt like there were so many story lines happening all at once and it was kind of confusing. It was definitely a different format than the usual books in this series and there was less about Kim and more about the other cops on her team. But in the end it all pulled together and all the weird, random story lines came together into one.
Kim is instructed by her boss to join a nearby precinct's task force. So Kim has to take a back seat from being in charge, and work with DI Travis, whom there is a lot of bad history with. While Kim is working with this other team, her team is working on a few other cases without her. She feels torn in both places.
The story is about hate crimes and it was definitely chilling. It tackles some heavy subjects! This was definitely a page turner once the book picked up momentum.
Kim is instructed by her boss to join a nearby precinct's task force. So Kim has to take a back seat from being in charge, and work with DI Travis, whom there is a lot of bad history with. While Kim is working with this other team, her team is working on a few other cases without her. She feels torn in both places.
The story is about hate crimes and it was definitely chilling. It tackles some heavy subjects! This was definitely a page turner once the book picked up momentum.