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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder
Nothing Is As It Seems when a four-year old is kidnapped from her druggie single mother in Boston. Patrick, Angela and their friends seem to end every book with a big shootout, but this author has learned that sometimes you can do a lot more human damage with a lot less blood.
Dark, fast moving, gritty, well-plotted. Another very good Kenzie story, with a kidnapped child at the centre of the action.
I really enjoyed this book and am now interested in reading more Dennis Lehane. He's got a great plot here with interesting, complex characters. It kept me interested. He uses humor well. But I think the biggets thing that sets him apart from other authors of this genre is that he does a really great job adding some emotional depth. At times the writing was very moving.
Some favorite parts:
"When a child disappears, the space she’d occupied is immediately filled with dozens of people. And these people—relatives, friends, police officers, reporters from both TV and print—create a lot of energy and noise, a sense of communal intensity, of fierce and shared dedication to a task.
But amid all that noise, nothing is louder than the silence of the missing child. It’s a silence that’s two and a half to three feet tall, and you feel it at your hip and hear it rising up from the floorboards, shouting to you from corners and crevices and the emotionless face of a doll left on the floor by the bed.
It’s a silence that’s different from the one left at funerals and wakes. The silence of the dead carries with it a sense of finality; it’s a silence you know you must get used to. But the silence of a missing child is not something you want to get used to; you refuse to accept it, and so it screams at you."
"It was sad how many horrible things you forgot."
Some favorite parts:
"When a child disappears, the space she’d occupied is immediately filled with dozens of people. And these people—relatives, friends, police officers, reporters from both TV and print—create a lot of energy and noise, a sense of communal intensity, of fierce and shared dedication to a task.
But amid all that noise, nothing is louder than the silence of the missing child. It’s a silence that’s two and a half to three feet tall, and you feel it at your hip and hear it rising up from the floorboards, shouting to you from corners and crevices and the emotionless face of a doll left on the floor by the bed.
It’s a silence that’s different from the one left at funerals and wakes. The silence of the dead carries with it a sense of finality; it’s a silence you know you must get used to. But the silence of a missing child is not something you want to get used to; you refuse to accept it, and so it screams at you."
"It was sad how many horrible things you forgot."
dark
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
This story is a rollercoaster that takes you from the darkest corners of humanity to the heights of entertainment. And it does it with such finesse that you’ll be on the edge of your seat the whole time. The characters are so well-developed that you’ll feel like you know them personally, and you’ll be rooting for them as they face their challenges. The plot is full of twists and turns that keep you guessing and on your toes, and the ending is so thought-provoking that you’ll be pondering it long after you’ve finished the book. This book is a must-read for anyone who loves a good story.
Ziemlich grausige Storyline aber genial geschrieben! Jetzt muss ich direkt die Vorgänger-Titel auch lesen!
3.5
Hard to rate this. The novel revolves around the disappearance of Amanda, a child raised by a single, not-so-good mother. When the cops cannot progress in their search, the child's relatives enlist the help of Kenzie and Gennaro, our two PI protagonists, who collaborate with detectives and unravel the dark past surrounding the child's mother.
Let me start by saying the novel's first and third acts are great; however, the way the plot is tied together is ridiculous, to say the least—we jump from one place to another, leap from one timeline to another skip months, etc...it felt like Lehane hit so many walls and had to dig deep into his bag of tricks to reach the ending.
Overall, it wasn't well-plotted, but the conclusion and themes were so gritty and emotionally evocative and the characters were developed nicely. I was heartbroken but satisfied with the ending.
Hard to rate this. The novel revolves around the disappearance of Amanda, a child raised by a single, not-so-good mother. When the cops cannot progress in their search, the child's relatives enlist the help of Kenzie and Gennaro, our two PI protagonists, who collaborate with detectives and unravel the dark past surrounding the child's mother.
Let me start by saying the novel's first and third acts are great; however, the way the plot is tied together is ridiculous, to say the least—we jump from one place to another, leap from one timeline to another skip months, etc...it felt like Lehane hit so many walls and had to dig deep into his bag of tricks to reach the ending.
Overall, it wasn't well-plotted, but the conclusion and themes were so gritty and emotionally evocative and the characters were developed nicely. I was heartbroken but satisfied with the ending.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix