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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Leído después de ver la serie y no me ha decepcionado nada, al revés, más entretenido incluso que la adaptación audiovisual. El personaje de Antonia es mucho más profundo y complejo en el libro, me ha gustado conocerla mejor.
Bad flow. MC talks about being fat (but also about not being fat). A lot. Some misogynistic parts. Horse gets killed.
Hacía tiempo que no me enganchaba tanto con un libro. Me ha devuelto las ganas de leer que hacía tiempo no experimentaba. Te engancha desde el minuto uno, súper bien detallado, es muy fácil de leer. Estoy deseando leerme el siguiente.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
You know when Abby Lee Miller is making the pyramid in dance moms and says “you didn’t stick out to me” about one of the girls at the bottom? That’s how I felt about this book. Did it keep me entertained? Yes. Was the story creative? Eh, kinda… This book just wasn’t very memorable and didn’t tie enough loose ends to make it enjoyable. It’s not that it was a cliffhanger, it just ended abruptly and I had so many questions remaining. There’s better mystery/thrillers to spend your time reading in my opinion. This one was just OK.
DNF at 21%
As usual, Scott Brick does a tremendous job. However, I think I would have liked this more with a female narrator … maybe.
The translator did an outstanding job as well. I like that he left Mexican jargon intact and also left names of places, etc. Still in Spanish. It was a very thoughtful translation that left the book as a Spanish novel for English readers.
Why DNF? I am very hit or miss (more miss) with spy novels and high action thrillers. I struggled to become interested; largely due to the fact there is so much backstory. It is not obvious this was intended to be a series and all the setup was too much for me. I may try to read it again some day if I’m in the mood for this type of story. I did think how the person was killed “in the case” was both original and supremely fascinating.
Thanks netgalley for my ARC.
As usual, Scott Brick does a tremendous job. However, I think I would have liked this more with a female narrator … maybe.
The translator did an outstanding job as well. I like that he left Mexican jargon intact and also left names of places, etc. Still in Spanish. It was a very thoughtful translation that left the book as a Spanish novel for English readers.
Why DNF? I am very hit or miss (more miss) with spy novels and high action thrillers. I struggled to become interested; largely due to the fact there is so much backstory. It is not obvious this was intended to be a series and all the setup was too much for me. I may try to read it again some day if I’m in the mood for this type of story. I did think how the person was killed “in the case” was both original and supremely fascinating.
Thanks netgalley for my ARC.
En este libro me he encontrado con una de las parejas más adorables de esta narrativa. Es que Jon y Antonia son la comunión perfecta, más si se agrega la pluma divertida del autor en un personaje como Jon. ¡Cómo me arrancó sonrisas!.
Creo que eso es lo que más me ha gustado de los libros de este autor, la forma en que en medio de la descripción de hechos bastante crudos, siempre encuentra el modo de soltar algo cómico, en el momento exacto de la historia (nunca en medio de una escena escabrosa), que aligera la lectura y quita un poco el espanto.
Además, la trama es intrigante, llevada en capítulos cortos que solo te hacen querer leer más y con escenas tan bien construidas que no cuesta nada imaginarse estar ahí.
Creo que eso es lo que más me ha gustado de los libros de este autor, la forma en que en medio de la descripción de hechos bastante crudos, siempre encuentra el modo de soltar algo cómico, en el momento exacto de la historia (nunca en medio de una escena escabrosa), que aligera la lectura y quita un poco el espanto.
Además, la trama es intrigante, llevada en capítulos cortos que solo te hacen querer leer más y con escenas tan bien construidas que no cuesta nada imaginarse estar ahí.