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The Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz

14 reviews

skyler_a2's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

3.75

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alyssasshelves's review against another edition

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challenging dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The weird thing with EDS kinda took me out of the book, where he had it and his spine had become so unstable that if he didn’t have surgery he would die. That the surgery was a “cure”. And then the weird remarks the author would make about the character who had muscular dystrophy, acting as if you have to baby disabled people, or you can’t talk to them in a certain way was odd considering this isn’t an old book. The rest of the story was good but I don’t know if I’ll continue after this

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shepardsolbear's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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voraciousreader10's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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not_another_ana's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

From my experience of Hawthorne, I knew he had a way of firing off seemingly irrelevant observations. He wasn't being deliberately offensive. It was just that offensive was his default mode.

Hawthorne and Horowitz are back and ready to solve a murder! When a cutthroat divorce lawyer is brutally murdered, and a mysterious message left in the crime scene, it's up to private investigator Daniel Hawthorne to get to the bottom of the case. Of course following along for the ride is Anthony Horowitz, the real life author's failsona and Hawthorne's biographer, who is trying to figure out a different mystery, who really is Hawthorne? With a variety of suspects, who all had motives and even opportunity, and a suspicious incident in the victim's past this won't be an easy case to crack.

The second book of this funky series was a good solid read, but I did enjoy the first one far more. Things I loved in this one: Hawthorne continues to be a horrid human being that you can't help but be drawn into. His character is great, incredibly human to the point of being disgusting. I thought the pacing was good enough and I enjoyed most of the investigation.

Special mention to the caving incident, way to give me a new fear. What a horrible way to die! I also really liked the description of the investigation into the suicide and how that whole department works, solid stuff.

However, the murder mystery in this one wasn't as enjoyable. It was fine, but the misdirection became a bit too obvious at points. I solved it with a quarter of the book to go, so it definitely kept me guessing, but the ending wasn't so satisfying.

My biggest gripe here is how little we saw the actual murderer, for me that gave it away a bit. What the numbers actually meant was kinda meh, though I do think the motive made a lot of sense.

The two new cop characters were too cartoonish to me, they could have been toned down a bit. While it was interesting to see Hawthorne's private life a bit more there was too much set up into a future reveal about his past that was left hanging by the end of this book, I could have done with a morsel of truth.

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gillianengelbrecht's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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atamano's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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scherbs's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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mushroom_princess's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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jillianeubauer's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Like the first book, I listened to the audiobook -I love Rory Kinnear's voice so much <3- and it made it all that much better. Our main characters Anthony and Hawthronw have a new understanding of each other that is still distant but growing. Hopefully, they will come to trust each other more in the third book. The plot of this book is -in my opinion- so much more intriguing than the first one. I was nowhere near with my guess, and that just proves how great of a story this is. My main problem with this series so far is that none of the characters are relatable or likable. Anthony, an idiot, Hawthorne, a homophobic asshole. So although I love to read about the detective side of the murders, the characters are ruining the story.

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