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muck0009's review against another edition
dark
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? It's complicated
4.0
If you like true detective you may like this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, and Violence
uutopicaa's review against another edition
3.0
No fue para mí.
El libro está muy bien planeado y escrito, pero los personajes masculinos se me hicieron insufribles porque representan ese estereotipo de "justiciero malote" que habla de las mujeres como si fuesen un objeto a proteger. Además de que es muy fácil adivinar quién es el culpable para el 25% del libro.
El libro está muy bien planeado y escrito, pero los personajes masculinos se me hicieron insufribles porque representan ese estereotipo de "justiciero malote" que habla de las mujeres como si fuesen un objeto a proteger. Además de que es muy fácil adivinar quién es el culpable para el 25% del libro.
calebmatthews's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 stars. I listened to this on audio and they said at the end of the audiobook that it was abridged so that might be why it ended abruptly and felt rushed.
njtigers's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
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? Yes
4.25
spatterson12's review against another edition
3.0
I started this one in May and made it about 70 pages before I got distracted with some other book friends.
Once I picked it back up in August, I realized there was A LOT happening. Maybe way too much that it was hard to keep my attention. I was also focused on a lot of projects in my personal life while reading, so that could’ve played a heavy role in that as well.
Almost every single character the lead encountered died. Like how did that not raise more red flags than anything, especially when he was the “good guy”? I also would’ve preferred more time on the character and story development involving the missing woman and the history behind her sister’s case.
I believe this was a debut, so I can see where it probably felt more exciting to try to push at least five different storylines together and make them all intersect, but I think it would’ve been cleaner to focus on the murder of the detective’s family and the stories associated with the missing woman.
The Louisiana content didn’t feel the most needed to me or could’ve been saved for a sequel (I know this is the first of a much bigger series that has new releases for like two decades, but like in the moment when it was drafted it could’ve been spread across more books).
I would be willing to give another book or two in the series a shot since they’ve expanded into double digits.
Once I picked it back up in August, I realized there was A LOT happening. Maybe way too much that it was hard to keep my attention. I was also focused on a lot of projects in my personal life while reading, so that could’ve played a heavy role in that as well.
Almost every single character the lead encountered died. Like how did that not raise more red flags than anything, especially when he was the “good guy”? I also would’ve preferred more time on the character and story development involving the missing woman and the history behind her sister’s case.
I believe this was a debut, so I can see where it probably felt more exciting to try to push at least five different storylines together and make them all intersect, but I think it would’ve been cleaner to focus on the murder of the detective’s family and the stories associated with the missing woman.
The Louisiana content didn’t feel the most needed to me or could’ve been saved for a sequel (I know this is the first of a much bigger series that has new releases for like two decades, but like in the moment when it was drafted it could’ve been spread across more books).
I would be willing to give another book or two in the series a shot since they’ve expanded into double digits.
sam_hartwig's review against another edition
DNF - I got to chapter 9 and realised I wasn't feeling it.
namitakhanna's review against another edition
3.0
This is my fist Charlie Parker book and I hope the series gets better . There were too many characters in the book and it seemed there were two books combined in one .The first part of the book concentrates on solving a missing person case and the other half in solving his wife and daughter's murder by a psychotic serial killer called the Traveling Man . Put in some sidekicks , organized crime and unnecessary shoot outs I lost track of what was going on in the book . It did pick up pace and was a little streamlined in the end so I am giving it 3 stars
livia72's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
theredqueenlinnea's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Genuinely good writing, cohesive mystery, and a lot of good fun in the small details. Coffee everywhere, lol. While I enjoyed it to a degree, I had some complaints. Some of the subplots strung out too long, the women characters or memory of some were underdeveloped and the entire book had an under layer of classic detective/hardened sexism when idealizing women. It just felt weak and predictable. I also am not a huge fan of thrillers that try to be too heady when the characters aren’t written in a way to match that. Seemed like everyone in the FBI/police force was a literary connoisseur and read mid tier poetry. I also felt like the narrator was weirdly developed. He fell prey to the common protagonist issue of being a man of all trades. For a first novel, this is ambitious and done well but has that sense of immaturity in character development I hope he develops.