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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
#mystery
It's parents weekend at Santa Clara University. Eight parents are here to see 5 of their freshmen kids but where are they? They couldn't all have skipped out, right?
Each family has their own POV. Then the students have their POV. It's a total of 6 POVs. It's a lot. It does seem to be a trademark of this author. But each POV, each chapter, is clearly marked. No confusion there. This could be a downside of this book for some people.
Not only does every family have its own POV, they also have their own backstory. Each backstory has its possible reasons why their child may be missing. But not why all 5 of them are missing at once. One by one the stories get canceled and they move on to the next and try to find the real reason why all 5 freshmen are missing.
It's a good book. By a really good author. I have now read and really liked 4 out of his 5 books. He is an auto buy author for me and will continue to be one.
#netgalley #parentsweekend
#stmartinspress #minotaurbooks
It's parents weekend at Santa Clara University. Eight parents are here to see 5 of their freshmen kids but where are they? They couldn't all have skipped out, right?
Each family has their own POV. Then the students have their POV. It's a total of 6 POVs. It's a lot. It does seem to be a trademark of this author. But each POV, each chapter, is clearly marked. No confusion there. This could be a downside of this book for some people.
Not only does every family have its own POV, they also have their own backstory. Each backstory has its possible reasons why their child may be missing. But not why all 5 of them are missing at once. One by one the stories get canceled and they move on to the next and try to find the real reason why all 5 freshmen are missing.
It's a good book. By a really good author. I have now read and really liked 4 out of his 5 books. He is an auto buy author for me and will continue to be one.
#netgalley #parentsweekend
#stmartinspress #minotaurbooks
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
I liked it. It was satisfying. I really liked the FBI agent assigned to the case.
Easy to listen to thriller. Went by quickly. Nothing ground breaking
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I like that he always ends on kind of an optimistic note, even if the before is bloody & heartwrenching.
Loved getting to know the families and their secrets and seeing a familiar FBI agent. Really good popcorn thriller.
Alex Finlay is probably a top fave thriller author of mine, but this one missed it for me. Easily my least favourite of his, but still decent! I'd call it a quick and easy popcorn thriller read, with great twists and overall enjoyable, but there were way too many characters to keep track of and way too many plot lines to keep track.