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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-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:
Yes
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Chris Bohjalian is, by far, one of my favorite authors. He's one of those authors that I know will always pull me out of a reading slump. The day I was approved for The Lioness, I legitimately squealed with excitement. While I wanted to start reading immediately, I had other books I needed to get to first.
I finally got around to reading The Lioness and it was everything I had hoped for. It's action-packed, mesmerizing, powerful, and up there as one of my favorites from Bohjalian. As I read, I could already see this being made into a TV Show or feature film. It's so descriptive and atmospheric.
Highly recommend.
4.5/5 stars
HUGE thanks to Doubleday Books and NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.
I finally got around to reading The Lioness and it was everything I had hoped for. It's action-packed, mesmerizing, powerful, and up there as one of my favorites from Bohjalian. As I read, I could already see this being made into a TV Show or feature film. It's so descriptive and atmospheric.
Highly recommend.
4.5/5 stars
HUGE thanks to Doubleday Books and NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Interesting premise, but a convoluted mess. Ending each chapter with a cliffhanger didn’t create narrative tension. It was just annoying.
Wow - what a great book! Hooked me right from the beginning and I enjoyed how the story was told from the different points of view.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-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:
Complicated
***Thanks to Penguin Random House for providing me a complimentary copy of THE LIONESS by Chris Bohjalian in exchange for my honest review.***
The Lioness is a gripping work of historical fiction. Reading about the safari from different viewpoints was thrilling as the story unfolds. At first, I found the flow of each chapter to be difficult to follow. Each chapter is told by a different character and starts at a time before the safari and ends with the character's experience during the safari. After a few chapters, I understood that the backstory in each chapter directly connects to the story in Africa and the development of each character.
The Lioness is a gripping work of historical fiction. Reading about the safari from different viewpoints was thrilling as the story unfolds. At first, I found the flow of each chapter to be difficult to follow. Each chapter is told by a different character and starts at a time before the safari and ends with the character's experience during the safari. After a few chapters, I understood that the backstory in each chapter directly connects to the story in Africa and the development of each character.
I've never read any of this author's books before, so I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I chose this for a book club. I did enjoy reading it and I'm looking at some of the other books by this author for future reading. The story, a famed actress takes her family and friends on a safari to Africa and chaos ensues, was quick to draw me in and I was surprised by some of the plot points. There is some violence here, some people get eaten and others get shot during the kidnapping. I didn't find it to be too much, though.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes