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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"time never passes so quickly as when it is in short supply."
Fin has come back to the island he spent his whole childhood trying to get away from. But now he's a cop, investigating a murder that is similar to a murder he's investigating on his home turf. He's pulled in to see if they are by the same killer and to alleviate the worry they have a serial killer in their midst. But there is an awful lot Fin hasn't dealt with on this island. Previous loves, friendships, and even enemies. He walked away from them all without so much as a backward glance. Now he'll have to atone for the time gone and finally face the things he ran from so long ago.
I liked this dark, stormy story. The relationships were complicated, the past was slow to reveal itself. The story is told in the then/now back and forth, each chapter, and it felt slow to get the mystery going as it delved longer in the past starting when they were just kids all the way to just before he left. The mystery, however, was solid once it got going and I spun myself silly trying to figure what was going on. I'm not sure I'll hunt another Fin book down but if I happen to stumble on one, I'll keep reading this series.
A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.
Fin has come back to the island he spent his whole childhood trying to get away from. But now he's a cop, investigating a murder that is similar to a murder he's investigating on his home turf. He's pulled in to see if they are by the same killer and to alleviate the worry they have a serial killer in their midst. But there is an awful lot Fin hasn't dealt with on this island. Previous loves, friendships, and even enemies. He walked away from them all without so much as a backward glance. Now he'll have to atone for the time gone and finally face the things he ran from so long ago.
I liked this dark, stormy story. The relationships were complicated, the past was slow to reveal itself. The story is told in the then/now back and forth, each chapter, and it felt slow to get the mystery going as it delved longer in the past starting when they were just kids all the way to just before he left. The mystery, however, was solid once it got going and I spun myself silly trying to figure what was going on. I'm not sure I'll hunt another Fin book down but if I happen to stumble on one, I'll keep reading this series.
A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.
Book one in a three book series. Good read, slow-paced and quite detailed. Chapters are quite long some having several parts to the one chapter. Bit too slow-paced for maybe my own personal preference but a good read anyways
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Pretty good. Great use of landscape and it was very well read on Audible
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I thought it was a great thriller but didn’t love the end.
3.5 stars. Very very slow build up but the location and culture were interesting and the mystery satisfying.