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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
slow-paced
Duo team Nicci French impress with their thriller centering around a widow's obsession with her husband's death.
Last year, I read a Frieda Klein novel. The Frieda Klein read lyrical, slow but a thriller worth savoring. "What to Do" reads like your standard fast-paced thriller. Great for me as I felt myself slumping this last week.
Last year, I read a Frieda Klein novel. The Frieda Klein read lyrical, slow but a thriller worth savoring. "What to Do" reads like your standard fast-paced thriller. Great for me as I felt myself slumping this last week.
I had read the whole Freida Klein series and the central
character in this standalone mystery sounds like the
same woman. But she goes a bit further at being
frustratingly ditzy, and that makes for a bad
story in my opinion. And the ending is pretty
insipid with the tidying up of the killer and
motive being more of conjecture than solution.
Not recommended
character in this standalone mystery sounds like the
same woman. But she goes a bit further at being
frustratingly ditzy, and that makes for a bad
story in my opinion. And the ending is pretty
insipid with the tidying up of the killer and
motive being more of conjecture than solution.
Not recommended
Para mí lo más importante de un thriller es no ser capaz de adivinar el final y este no ha sido el caso en esta ocasión, así que no puedo darle mucha puntuación a esta novela.
Lo que sí me ha gustado (que he visto en otras novelas de Nicci French) es que el estilo en el que está escrito se corresponde con el estado mental de la protagonista.
Y a pesar de que me parece estar muy bien escrito, eso lo ha hecho sentir muy lento en determinadas ocasiones.
Algo lento por partes, pero con algún giro interesante. Not too bad.
Lo que sí me ha gustado (que he visto en otras novelas de Nicci French) es que el estilo en el que está escrito se corresponde con el estado mental de la protagonista.
Y a pesar de que me parece estar muy bien escrito, eso lo ha hecho sentir muy lento en determinadas ocasiones.
Algo lento por partes, pero con algún giro interesante. Not too bad.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
the ending was okay but the rest is just boring
the protagonist is kind of annoying and i don't like the author's writing style (with some things they are way to specific and with the important/interesting very superficial)
the protagonist is kind of annoying and i don't like the author's writing style (with some things they are way to specific and with the important/interesting very superficial)
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The pacing of the book was far too slow for me and I felt that I wasn’t invested in the characters or their lives as much.
At one point I even forgot that the book was a murder mystery.
The last 50 pages of so was redeeming but it’s not something I would go back to.
At one point I even forgot that the book was a murder mystery.
The last 50 pages of so was redeeming but it’s not something I would go back to.