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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
I definitely enjoyed this. Gardner always has a way with keeping me super engaged, especially toward the end. I think it’s hard to communicate a sense of urgency in a novel, but she nails it. Maybe this is the way of the real world, but the portrayal of the media was completely abhorrent. Again, not familiar with that world but they sucked so much it seemed unrealistic and took me out of it. The end also wrapped up a little too neatly for me, but I’m rarely opposed to a happily ever after.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not her best, which is sad because I have read every one of her books and LOVED them. I loved the twist but I felt like everything was a little far fetched when she tried to connect everyone
WOW really great read with lots of twists and turns. I enjoyed this book a lot. It seems with every Lisa Gardner book I read I love them more and more. Looking forward to the next one.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was thrilling to read in certain parts, but it also felt like it fell flat every once in a while
The ending was where it all got intense and fast paced so that makes up for the parts that were dragging
The ending was where it all got intense and fast paced so that makes up for the parts that were dragging
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Overall I enjoyed this book. I found the first half of the book, establishing characters and storyline, slower to read than the second half.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Getting close to the end of Lisa Gardner's published books and I'm still having a good time. I may not love all her books, but they're always entertaining and I'm never against reading another.
In general, this book felt a little overblown. Like there was just constantly too much going on. Too many characters, too many bad guys, too many melodramatic backstories. I like a good amount of drama in my thrillers, but I felt this needed to be much more simplified. I only spent a couple days on it, but even getting close to the end I had a hard time keeping all the characters straight and read one whole passage thinking it was a flashback with a long dead character when it was really happening in the present with one of the main cast. It was all too much to keep track of.
The ending of this got rather disjointed. There were a half dozen characters involved and it jumped between them frequently, like every few paragraphs for a while. It felt like a cheap way to make the ending seem fast paced and more dramatic, when really it just took me out of the story and made it difficult to follow.
There was also the problem that some of the backstories seemed more interesting than the current book I was reading. There was this whole bit about a pedophile case the main detective had worked two years before that seemed way better, and I was honestly a bit disappointed to find out it wasn't its own book.
But overall, it was fun. At the end of the day, that's all a thriller really needs to be for me. It wasn't fantastic, but I like cop thrillers and this took me for a good ride, like Gardner always does. It wouldn't be on the top of my list of recommendations, either from her (Find Her is my favorite so far) or for thrillers in general (Karin Slaughter is fantastic), but I had a good time with this and I'm sure I'll have a good time with the next of her books that I pick up.
In general, this book felt a little overblown. Like there was just constantly too much going on. Too many characters, too many bad guys, too many melodramatic backstories. I like a good amount of drama in my thrillers, but I felt this needed to be much more simplified. I only spent a couple days on it, but even getting close to the end I had a hard time keeping all the characters straight and read one whole passage thinking it was a flashback with a long dead character when it was really happening in the present with one of the main cast. It was all too much to keep track of.
The ending of this got rather disjointed. There were a half dozen characters involved and it jumped between them frequently, like every few paragraphs for a while. It felt like a cheap way to make the ending seem fast paced and more dramatic, when really it just took me out of the story and made it difficult to follow.
There was also the problem that some of the backstories seemed more interesting than the current book I was reading. There was this whole bit about a pedophile case the main detective had worked two years before that seemed way better, and I was honestly a bit disappointed to find out it wasn't its own book.
But overall, it was fun. At the end of the day, that's all a thriller really needs to be for me. It wasn't fantastic, but I like cop thrillers and this took me for a good ride, like Gardner always does. It wouldn't be on the top of my list of recommendations, either from her (Find Her is my favorite so far) or for thrillers in general (Karin Slaughter is fantastic), but I had a good time with this and I'm sure I'll have a good time with the next of her books that I pick up.