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thaiteconta's review against another edition
1.0
Eu até tava ansiosa para ler este livro, mas acabou se repetindo o mesmo fenômeno com ele que com os outros dois livros da Shari Lapena que li. Fiquei desapontada. Não existe nada explicitamente errado com a escrita, a leitura é fluída e não me senti terrivelmente entediada como se tivesse lendo um documento. Mas também não me senti entusiasmada pra terminar a história. É bem escrito e é só isso. Não consegui me conectar com nenhum dos personagens e nenhum deles era particularmente agradável ou desagradável demais. Achei os personagens planos e definidos principalmente pelos seus segredos, fofocas, infidelidade, ou quem eles suspeitavam do crime. Teve várias reviravoltas na trama, mas com a falta de investimento nos personagens não consegui sentir nenhum suspense, sabe? Lutei até o fim, mas a essa altura não me importei com quem cometeu o crime.
A julgar pela quantidade de estrelas no good reads, muita gente parece gostar, então se você tá interessado em ler não se deixe intimidar pela minha crítica. Achei que era um passo atrás em relação ao livro anterior, mas ainda é uma leitura agradável e terminei surpreendentemente rápido pra um livro que me deixou tão neutra sobre.
A julgar pela quantidade de estrelas no good reads, muita gente parece gostar, então se você tá interessado em ler não se deixe intimidar pela minha crítica. Achei que era um passo atrás em relação ao livro anterior, mas ainda é uma leitura agradável e terminei surpreendentemente rápido pra um livro que me deixou tão neutra sobre.
brittany_gettle's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
princessjj14's review against another edition
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? No
3.75
kndoyle's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
lheide2's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
rhodas's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
paulabrandon's review against another edition
4.0
A fun, traditional murder mystery. Olivia Sharpe is shocked when she discovers that her son, Raleigh, has been breaking into homes around the neighbourhood, testing out his hacking skills. She writes an anonymous letter to the houses that Raleigh admits breaking into, apologising for his actions. This happens to coincide with the murder of Amanda Pierce, a young, seductive woman living in the area, and pretty soon, all sorts of secrets from various people in the neighbourhood are spilling out, with several suspects in Amanda's murder coming to the fore.
This reminded me a bit of Mary Higgins Clark, when she was in her prime in the 80s to early 2000s. The plot isn't as intricate and complex as what Clark put out back then, but it maintains the intrigue from start to finish. The who, why and what behind everything was pretty easy to figure out, and a lot of the answers very arbitrary (just like Clark, really), but that didn't detract from the enjoyment. (Also, I'm probably being generous after coming off a particularly awful four-book romantic suspense mini-series from Mills & Boon.)
But I had fun with this. Devoid of many of the trendy tropes found in much of today's thriller fiction, Someone We Know was uncomplicated and entertaining, and I was always looking forward to coming back to it when annoying things like a day job kept getting in the way of me reading it.
This reminded me a bit of Mary Higgins Clark, when she was in her prime in the 80s to early 2000s. The plot isn't as intricate and complex as what Clark put out back then, but it maintains the intrigue from start to finish. The who, why and what behind everything was pretty easy to figure out, and a lot of the answers very arbitrary (just like Clark, really), but that didn't detract from the enjoyment. (Also, I'm probably being generous after coming off a particularly awful four-book romantic suspense mini-series from Mills & Boon.)
But I had fun with this. Devoid of many of the trendy tropes found in much of today's thriller fiction, Someone We Know was uncomplicated and entertaining, and I was always looking forward to coming back to it when annoying things like a day job kept getting in the way of me reading it.
mimi2016's review against another edition
3.0
This was not a very thrilling thriller. It started out as one , the pages afterwards were just redundant, filling up space to get to the climax. I gave it 3 stars because I finished it, I still needed to know who did it. I can’t say the ending was satisfying, it felt undone.