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marinaluna's review against another edition
mysterious
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? It's complicated
3.75
I have mixed feelings about this book. It is not Heather Graham's best book, and yet it still gets almost 4 stars from me. I hope that conveys that even though this isn't up to her usual stuff, it is still a very good book.
Pro's:
Pro's:
- She goes into a new direction plotwise, which was very refreshing
- It was nice to have some of the old crew involved!
- I loved Matt as a character
- It has a different narrator, but he is as good as Luke Daniels.
Con's:
- Meg's attitude at the beginning was extremely annoying and I didn't like her at all. Stick with it, though, it does get better.
- As a result from the first point, the beginning felt extremely unbelievable and forced. It took me forever to get into the spirit of the book.
- It was too easy to figure it out.
Nevertheless, especially the middle and end were really quite good and I ended up liking the book. If I hadn't know HG, if that had been my first book, though, I probably would have DNF'ed it after the first chapters.
lauraanne9's review against another edition
1.0
I find that I either love or hate books by this author. This one was firmly in the hate column. Firmly. The characters were flat and I am still not convinced I know more about Matt or Meg than I did from the blurb. Oh, they like dogs.
The plot was stale and I thought obvious. In order to go for a shock factor, you have to introduce the reader to the killers in the book at some point so there is a OMG moment. Well, I knew one of them right away and the other, well, wasn't a big shock. Had to be one of about 3 people.
Also, and I find this REALLY bothers me when I don't like the book and I am able to ignore when I do...the author's use of exclamation points is Out! Of! Control! I counted...5 in one Kindle page. Usually within dialog, most often jarringly out of place for the dialog and, as I mentioned, very distracting if you are already struggling to get into the book in the first place. I know this is a minor issue, but for an author of this caliber, you would think the editing would be better, that someone would tell her the characters seemed like one dimensional nothings who spoke in a series of forceful sentences.
I won't say I will never read another of her books, but it will be a while before I am willing to do so again. And, I am definitely not going to be paying for them...the library is the perfect place to get a book that you are not sure you will love.
The plot was stale and I thought obvious. In order to go for a shock factor, you have to introduce the reader to the killers in the book at some point so there is a OMG moment. Well, I knew one of them right away and the other, well, wasn't a big shock. Had to be one of about 3 people.
Also, and I find this REALLY bothers me when I don't like the book and I am able to ignore when I do...the author's use of exclamation points is Out! Of! Control! I counted...5 in one Kindle page. Usually within dialog, most often jarringly out of place for the dialog and, as I mentioned, very distracting if you are already struggling to get into the book in the first place. I know this is a minor issue, but for an author of this caliber, you would think the editing would be better, that someone would tell her the characters seemed like one dimensional nothings who spoke in a series of forceful sentences.
I won't say I will never read another of her books, but it will be a while before I am willing to do so again. And, I am definitely not going to be paying for them...the library is the perfect place to get a book that you are not sure you will love.
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