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A Talent for Murder

Peter Swanson

3.58 AVERAGE

medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes

Good story, fairly predictable. The only thing I didn’t enjoy while listening was that one of the voices was recorded in a much lower quality. 
adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Peter Swanson did it again! He writes unlikeable, morally grey or villainous character in such a captivating way. And I’m always surprised by the twist. There’s always such a mysterious, tense, yet fun and conversational edge to his writing that makes me loathe to put the book down.

So, as suspected, I completely zoomed through this book, just as I had with his others. Can’t wait for the next instalment in the Henry Kimball/Lily Kitner series!

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ash_is_ashes's review

3.0

This was fine, but I really don't like men writing female characters, especially when they're so disposable.

cassandragabe's review

3.0
dark lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

etowery's review

3.0

We may have stumbled a little bit into the absurd here with this one and I didn’t love what he was going for with the final final ending but I will eat up any Henry/Lily book that Swanson writes and I think they’re such a fun (wild) ride every time

tifferpok88's review

2.5
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It was ok, just not my favorite. I hated the switching back and forth between first and third person pov 
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes