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Wolf Pack by Will Dean

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kersknowe's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

cs4_0reads's review against another edition

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emotional 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? Yes

3.75

akaasia's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

The aftermath of the ending of Bad Apples is so sad but handled with tender loving care. The mystery surrounding the preppers didn't go the obvious route, and as always I loved the audiobook narration by Maya Lindh. I don't think I would enjoy this series so much without her.

saraholiver's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

sheshu45's review against another edition

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mysterious 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

3.0

kate66's review

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3.0

I have a feeling I'm going to be in the minority but just hear me out.

This is my first Tuva Moodyson (I hadn't realised it was a series) although I've read Will Dean's excellent work previously. I have to say it's not essential that you read the earlier ones but I always like to start at the beginning. I think in this case it might help.

However I continued and what started out as a basic murder mystery switched quite shortly into something completely other. In fact I got the impression that the book wasn't really about a murder at all but rather about coping with grief, loss, loneliness and mental health issues. Admirable subjects to tackle but, in my opinion, it was done in such an odd manner it totally missed the mark.

Tuva starts out investigating the murder of a young woman but her role quickly morphs into that of innocent dupe. She certainly doesn't seem to recognise any danger signals whatsoever.

The end (which I obviously won't give away) was, quite frankly laughably ridiculous. It did actually make me snort a couple of times and there was much eye rolling.

This book was clearly not for me. I love a scandi noir but this was far off the mark for me. I was disappointed because I usually find Mr Dean's use of claustrophobic situations really clever but not this time. I am still trying to decide whether to read the first four of this series. Maybe Tuva will grow on me.

dogearedandfurry's review

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4.0

I found the preceding book ended on a humungous cliffhanger and now we see the results of that… thankfully Tuva is still around, and this time gets drawn into events at an isolated farm inhabited by a group of effectively preppers. I can’t say I found the mystery itself very engaging - what starts out as a missing girl (then dead girl) soon takes a back seat into the prepper angle, but Dean’s writing is atmospheric and very visual, and I do like seeing the regular characters.