Reviews

What Happened to Lori by J.A. Konrath

stephanieluxton's review

adventurous dark funny 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

4.0

Idk wtf I was expecting but it certainly wasn't that. The second half of this book gets a little bit ridiculous but my advice is to keep reading. I loved this book then i hated it but kept reading because I loved the characters and appreciated how self aware the book is that it gets ridiculous, then I actually enjoyed the ending. If you haven't read this author before, I wouldn't recommend starting with this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Torture, Alcoholism, Confinement, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use, Chronic illness, Animal death, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, and Pregnancy

Solid amount of violence, as to be expected. I feel like putting all these content warnings makes it sound way worse than it actually is.

5hadow_girl's review

5.0

So THAT'S a diple...

I read through the first book in on Sunday. I was so deep into J.A. Konrath's world that I couldn't pull myself out. Just a little bit into part two is when I went to bed, after an internal debate on whether smashing my phone to kill the Kindle app would make me feel better. As you see... phone is intact. It's because I was so mad that I couldn't sleep, and I had to keep reading.
I'm happy I made it past the hurdle.
I hope you will, too.
It went somewhere I did not expect, and I don't think I would have picked up the book if it was in the synopsis, BUT... I loved it. When I meet Mr. K, , I may kick him in the shin for that hurdle, but then I'll thank him for it all.

luckaye's review

4.0

Dammit, I still don't know what happened to Lori!