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indoorg1rl's review
4.0
A fraternity brother stepped into a busy crosswalk and got struck dead by an oncoming car. Witnesses said the driver looked identical to the victim, and he was smiling. Detective Marlitt Kaplan was the perfect officer to handle the case. Being a local and the daughter of a professor at the university, her professional and personal worlds started to collide.
I picked this up in preparation for its sequel, The Professor, and I must say that I really enjoyed it. Marlitt’s background made her a fascinating character to follow. I was glued to the page (or to the earset, since I was listening to the audiobook), as I needed to know what had happened in Marlitt’s past.
The quality of the scene writing in this one was superb. Marlitt’s dreams were so vivid. I kept playing them in my head like a movie. The scenes would translate really well into big screen!
This was a great opening to a series, with Marlitt serving as a great main character to watch for. The audiobook performance was also terrific, with the ebbs and flows in the narration delivered perfectly.
Moving on to the sequel now!
kayleenso's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
blessedjess's review against another edition
3.0
A solid, good detective novel set in the world of academia and fraternities. A hit and run of a young fraternity brother by someone who looks exactly like him has his housemates and detective, Marlit Kaplan, stumped. As she investigates soon she finds herself the target of sinister attempts to derail her investigation. With her past also plaguing her ability to impartially investigate, Marlitt must defy the odds and identify this look-a-like killer. This was just a good detective novel. Nothing stood out to me as being super notable and other than the overdone trope of the dangers of the Greek fraternity system nothing was really negative. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced copy of the book.
hollsbooks's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.0
flierofpages's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
rpych2's review against another edition
2.0
I thought this book had the potential to be really good. Thrillers surrounding college campuses can be so interesting, and my feelings towards fraternities (long story short, I don’t like them for a myriad of reasons. Most dealing with my own experiences in college, others because of friends) made this even more intriguing. But for whatever reason this just didn’t hit for me, and I think it had to do with the main character and ending. I obviously won’t give away the ending, but Marlitt was pretty unlikable even though I agreed with some of her thoughts. Unfortunately, just not a book for me.
alex9's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
torrie_reads's review
4.0
Thoughts
This book was actually not on my shelf that long. I bought it in November when Ashley Winstead said she threw it across the room at one point. So obviously I had to buy it!
But with that kind of hype I had to get to it. And this was a great crime thriller that touched on the toxicity that is fraternity culture.
I do not know much about sororities or fraternities because I was too old for them when I went and I wouldn't have been the target for a sorority anyways. But I have heard about some things, especially the hazing, and I appreciated the author doing a deeper look into this.
I thought the book was intriguing, infuriating, and kept me turning the pages. So if you are a crime thriller reader I'd check this one out!
This book was actually not on my shelf that long. I bought it in November when Ashley Winstead said she threw it across the room at one point. So obviously I had to buy it!
But with that kind of hype I had to get to it. And this was a great crime thriller that touched on the toxicity that is fraternity culture.
I do not know much about sororities or fraternities because I was too old for them when I went and I wouldn't have been the target for a sorority anyways. But I have heard about some things, especially the hazing, and I appreciated the author doing a deeper look into this.
I thought the book was intriguing, infuriating, and kept me turning the pages. So if you are a crime thriller reader I'd check this one out!