Reviews

Fox Evil by Minette Walters

gilliske's review against another edition

3.0

Het verhaal bevatte iets te veel onrealistische fragmenten om mij volledig mee te nemen. Ik geloofde het gewoonweg niet.
Nochtans is het plot zeker niet slecht uitgedacht. Misschien wel iets te complex. Zeker voor wie zelf graag Hercules Poirot speelt en hoopt zelf de waarheid te achterhalen zal dit verhaal toch te uitdagend blijken.

nicirw's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

debjazzergal's review against another edition

4.0

This author is a great mystery writer. Twists and turns throughout the book.

catastrojb's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I always like how Walters respects her reader, and trusts them to understand the subtleties of her writing. This is as excellent as always. 

roshk99's review against another edition

3.0

Walters is a bit gory so I have to read her in small doses. This book has a few redeeming characters and a satisfactory ending.

mollyellen4's review against another edition

3.0

Finally a book that doesn't give away the ending straight away! This one kept me guessing right until the end. Sometimes I found myself confused by her writing like it was jumping a bit from one thing to another

pancakesandpaperbacks's review against another edition

2.0

I picked this book from a book swap shelf. It was a book about family relationships and neighbour drama in a countryside. I expected it to be a thriller but it wasn't even very mysterious.

kingfan30's review against another edition

3.0

About fifty or so pages in, I had a feeling I had read this before, but could not remember how it ended to carried on. There is a lot going on with various different story lines going on, they all come together eventually, although not entirely satisfactory for me, it was a bit of a strange conclusion. Not a bad read though and I liked the newspaper clippings, letter and reports that were put in, it was almost a shame they disappeared in the middle to return again at the end.

decembermum's review against another edition

4.0

The best thriller I have read in a long time. I haven't read any Minetter Walters for ages so I was looking forward to thsi and it didn't disappoint. Having read some rather lame thrillers recently it was great to get one which was a real page turner and in which I actually cared about the characters. I woke up in the middle of the night thinking I'd solved it all only to find I was totally wrong in the next chapter!

cheryl6of8's review against another edition

3.0

The last nearly 275 pages of this book take place in about 18 hours, which is a shock to the system after the slower more hit and miss background stuff in the first 100 pages. This was a pretty intense mystery, but very dark in tone (at least, I find animal cruelty incredibly grim at best) and the plot is murky. Of course, part of the plot is that it is supposed to be murky, because there is a great deal of double-dealing and misdirection going on and no one has a clear picture except for Fox Evil (who is evil and tortures foxes). The character of James Lockyer-Fox grew on me, although he clearly ruined his children, and Nancy had some real kick-ass qualities. Young Wolfie is a compelling character and to some extent the truth of all of the other characters is best viewed through his eyes. The plot, while realistic, was very involved. And I had horrible flashbacks to my 1L year of law school when the subject of adverse possession became a key to the whole thing.