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aluhealz's review
4.0
So far I'm really enjoying this series! The story is intriguing and I'm liking how the details are coming in one at a time to keep me hooked. Morgan Knox is a really interesting character and I really look forward to continuing! The narration is fun and I like the classic radio drama feel.
(This review and my rating are subject to change as the story updates)
(This review and my rating are subject to change as the story updates)
intorilex's review
4.0
Actual Rating 3.5
Thank you Serial Box for allowing me to listen to this Audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
This book follows Morgan Knox a Puerto Rican Detective who has supernatural abilities, as she investigates a mysterious murder. This was a well paced detective novel that had surprising LGBT and racial diversity. Knox had to navigate being a woman in a male dominated profession with visions of horrible atrocities. She was a nurse who served in the war and had to struggle with the trauma that left her with.
The book was fast paced with surprising twists along the way. The background music and tone matched the time period, and the chapters had cliff hangers that made you want to continue to listen. I wanted a bit more explanation of about how the supernatural elements connected with some sc-fi elements. But still enjoyed the story. The Serial Box app allows you to listen or read the book at any point while listening. I listened to the entire book but thought this was a feature I may use in the future
This book is for readers who enjoy a historical fiction detective story with a strong female protagonist and LGBT rep.
Thank you Serial Box for allowing me to listen to this Audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
This book follows Morgan Knox a Puerto Rican Detective who has supernatural abilities, as she investigates a mysterious murder. This was a well paced detective novel that had surprising LGBT and racial diversity. Knox had to navigate being a woman in a male dominated profession with visions of horrible atrocities. She was a nurse who served in the war and had to struggle with the trauma that left her with.
The book was fast paced with surprising twists along the way. The background music and tone matched the time period, and the chapters had cliff hangers that made you want to continue to listen. I wanted a bit more explanation of about how the supernatural elements connected with some sc-fi elements. But still enjoyed the story. The Serial Box app allows you to listen or read the book at any point while listening. I listened to the entire book but thought this was a feature I may use in the future
This book is for readers who enjoy a historical fiction detective story with a strong female protagonist and LGBT rep.
ergative's review
3.75
I liked this, mostly, but the fever dream chapters (the ones by Brooke Bolander?) were so different in tone and style from the rest of the narrative that I got quite restless. The noir + tentacular horror combination was very effective. I loved all the little moments when Morgan sees maggots eating people's eyes, or tentacles crawling out of their mouths, while they're just going along minding their own business, and she has to close her eyes and count to ten to make it go away. That set up the chapter Dead Reckoning extremely effectively. But somehow the reappearance of evil cult baddies was a let-down. The narrative was so engaging and the mystery so satisfying, that as things started coming to light it was disappointing. Oh, ho hum, another cult wants to end the world as we know it and let the evil ones in. Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt.
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