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3.76 AVERAGE
Het kwam een beetje moeilijk op gang, door de steeds wisselende perspectieven waaruit het verhaal wordt verteld. Maar uiteindelijk spannend, met een onverwachte dader!
Thought I had it all figured out...was completely wrong. While this book was good, I liked [b:The Bitter Season|25387897|The Bitter Season (Kovac and Liska, #5)|Tami Hoag|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1429550976s/25387897.jpg|45138293] better. I liked that the characters were already established, and as much as I like Kate; I enjoy the Kovac/Liska partnership better. They just complete each other so well.
Overall a great book! Some parts seemed a little dragged out, but it still kept my interest and I plan on starting book 2 of the series next!
Thrilling read! Loved the banter between the characters in this book, but maybe I'm just a sucker for cop humor having been around it for so many years.
I agree with many others that this book is just too long. I could easily be cut by 1/3 by deleting all the internal angst of so many characters. Focus on the crime and the procedure and cut out all the internal drama.
In the streets of Minneapolis there is a killer called the Cremator, who first tortures his victims and then sets them on fire. Angie sees the last fire, but she is a scared and disturbed girl. Will Kate Conlan be able to understand her mind?
The book is part of the series “Kovac and Liska”, but in this first volume it seems that Kate and Quinn are the protagonists. I wonder if there is a series with the two of them as protagonists and this book serves to introduce the two new characters who will then be the protagonists of their series. I will research and before the end of the review I will be able to tell…
I really like the case, the investigation too and I like Quinn, the FBI agent. I’m sorry if he won’t be present in the other books, the book focuses on him and Kate, a lawyer and former FBI agent who takes Angie to heart because she reminds her of her little daughter Emily who died a few years before.
I like the author ‘s style even if the chapters are quite long. The book is quite long but I wasn’t bored or anything, the facts are well thought out and the chronology makes sense. Sometimes there is a chapter with too many feelings told by Kate or Quinn that summarize the case and I find that is the only boring aspect, because we know the facts, we don’t need endless summaries. But the rest is engaging.
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The book is part of the series “Kovac and Liska”, but in this first volume it seems that Kate and Quinn are the protagonists. I wonder if there is a series with the two of them as protagonists and this book serves to introduce the two new characters who will then be the protagonists of their series. I will research and before the end of the review I will be able to tell…
I really like the case, the investigation too and I like Quinn, the FBI agent. I’m sorry if he won’t be present in the other books, the book focuses on him and Kate, a lawyer and former FBI agent who takes Angie to heart because she reminds her of her little daughter Emily who died a few years before.
I like the author ‘s style even if the chapters are quite long. The book is quite long but I wasn’t bored or anything, the facts are well thought out and the chronology makes sense. Sometimes there is a chapter with too many feelings told by Kate or Quinn that summarize the case and I find that is the only boring aspect, because we know the facts, we don’t need endless summaries. But the rest is engaging.
More: https://eiencafe.com/ashes-to-ashes/
In italiano: https://eiencafe.com/it/alibi-di-ferro/
I love a good romantic suspense! A few times I was thinking "wait..WHO IS THE BADDIE" and I kind of figured it out but kind of not. I did feel like it could have been a smidge shorter. But pretty solid!!!!
First line: "Some killers are born. Some killers are made."
This was a great read. A novel where an old love is rekindled in the midst of absolute tragedy.
The introduction to the novel - the killer, the characters, the setting, plot, etc. - was a bit long to me, but it definitely gave a good background to the story.
I loved the main character and the characters that were secondary to her, because they all had such bold personalities.
I was irritated in places at the task force ignoring the calls of a certain informant, because she was actually correct in her statements. Besides that, I was actually really surprised at who the killer turned out to be, which is always a good thing!
Tami Hoag is a great author and I will be looking forward to reading more of her works in the near future!
This was a great read. A novel where an old love is rekindled in the midst of absolute tragedy.
The introduction to the novel - the killer, the characters, the setting, plot, etc. - was a bit long to me, but it definitely gave a good background to the story.
I loved the main character and the characters that were secondary to her, because they all had such bold personalities.
I was irritated in places at the task force ignoring the calls of a certain informant, because she was actually correct in her statements. Besides that, I was actually really surprised at who the killer turned out to be, which is always a good thing!
Tami Hoag is a great author and I will be looking forward to reading more of her works in the near future!
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It was one hell of a ride! It was thrilling & horrifying. It kept you hooked! It is centered around how victimization as a child can play a huge role in the making of a serial killer.
The main villian is surely a serial killer but it isn't just about that one person. The fact that the book covers the lives of so many people who were on different levels of 'mental disturbance' was what made it great.
The characters were really good. Their lives, their personalities were fascinating. Their thoughts were brilliantly portrayed. They were really messed up people, their pasts were what made them.
The central theme was gruesome & disturbing & very real. The book was really graphic. It gave you such a detailed view of what goes in the mind of a disturbed individual & how different circumstances shape them.
There were a few cliched parts but they fitted well. The way of writing was great. The dialogues were so natural! There was slight humor, there was teasing, there was so much normalcy to the way the characters dealt with each other.
There were a lot of details in it. I always love it when the authors elaborate things, making it believable. The book has about 570 pages & to me, nothing seemed boring or unnecessary or irrelevant (maybe like 6 pages altogether did, but I think one can ignore those & a lot of readers want those in a book so
The main villian is surely a serial killer but it isn't just about that one person. The fact that the book covers the lives of so many people who were on different levels of 'mental disturbance' was what made it great.
The characters were really good. Their lives, their personalities were fascinating. Their thoughts were brilliantly portrayed. They were really messed up people, their pasts were what made them.
The central theme was gruesome & disturbing & very real. The book was really graphic. It gave you such a detailed view of what goes in the mind of a disturbed individual & how different circumstances shape them.
There were a few cliched parts but they fitted well. The way of writing was great. The dialogues were so natural! There was slight humor, there was teasing, there was so much normalcy to the way the characters dealt with each other.
There were a lot of details in it. I always love it when the authors elaborate things, making it believable. The book has about 570 pages & to me, nothing seemed boring or unnecessary or irrelevant (maybe like 6 pages altogether did, but I think one can ignore those & a lot of readers want those in a book so