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Method 15/33 by Shannon Kirk

daed's review against another edition

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1.0

Personajes con unos dotes mentales nada creíbles, un caso resuelto de forma "científica" que no tuvo mucha ciencia a la hora de la verdad. Novela que se limita a cumplir con el objetivo de entretener sin ir más allá. Una lectura bastante tonta.

e_etcetera's review

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4.0

Pas ininteressant mais pas grand chose à en dire. Lecture qui reste cependant sympathique

tilbard's review

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5.0

No, she's not your usual character

But what a character she is. Others found her creepy. I thought she was exactly who I would want in my corner. A smart, resourceful girl who was very much aware that she was different and understood how to manage and succeed with those differences. Its a book I still think about.

kedoki's review against another edition

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dark funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

paperbacksandpines's review

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4.0

I enjoyed the starkly uncompromising a>Method 15/33. I picked this book up based on the recommendation of Booktuber Harriet Rosie . I was hoping to read a unique suspenseful thriller that avoids many of the themes that thrillers have been using in the wake of the Gone Girl and The Woman on the Train phenomenon. Personally, I preferred The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Woman in the Window to the trendsetters mentioned above. Thankfully, Method 15/33 was in a category all of its own.

Initially, I was a bit apprehensive picking up the book. When I looked inside the jacket, the font was about size 22 on the inside front of the book jacket and even larger on the inside back of the jacket, which seemed a clear attempt to fill up space. It seems like the synopsis could have been more detailed or this space could have been used to include recommendations from other authors.

The aspect of the book I enjoyed the most was the fact that our young protagonist was not reliant upon a man to get her out of the precarious situation in which she found herself. Most fairy tales and movies find a woman in a sticky situation wholly dependent on someone stronger, braver, or cleverer to save them. What makes Lisa, our main character, even more remarkable is that she is a 16-year-old, relying completely on her wits, resources, and “assets” to save herself. She used these assets from the moment of her kidnapping to start gathering intel and devising an escape strategy.

At first, I couldn’t really define who or what Lisa was. Was she a savant? A sociopath? As the story went on, though, and Lisa interacted with her captors and recalled past events in her life, I began to better understand her. The author did an excellent job building her layers.

My critique, a small one, was that I didn’t really care what happened after the trial. My interest in the book was in following the plot through the climax. I just wasn’t that interested in Lisa’s future life with her husband and child. I didn’t really have any interest in her son. I would’ve liked to be left to my own devices in imagining Lisa’s future.

The building action in the story was captivating and enough to hold my interest. I couldn’t wait to find out what would happen in the end! The tension built slowly towards the climax and I was on the edge of my seat.
SpoilerI found the police car crash to be far fetched. Where did the other driver go? No bystanders mentioned them. But I understand why it was necessary to delay the cops. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by this book.

meowzik's review against another edition

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3.0

The premise for this sounded fascinating, so I was really excited to start reading it. The plot was intriguing, and the writing was on point in pacing. The biggest let down for me however, was the writing style. I'm not the biggest fan of first person POV, and for me it came across as a lot of 'this happened, so I did this, and this happened next so this is what I'm going to do'. It may also be that Kirk has done a great job of portraying her as emotionless and methodical, so much so that I couldn't really connect with her as a character for much of the novel, even as she is telling her story. Overall, though, it was a solid read with a gripping plot, and interesting (if not completely compelling) characters.

aimee119's review

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3.0

Good but not a fan of the ending

gati_charlie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

artemisias_'s review

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2.0

This book exhausted me. I was tempted to stop reading it a couple of times and I can't believe i finished it.

brookesophie22's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5