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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Even though the beginning of this seemed slow to me, I did enjoy it!
The ending definitely made up for the slow start.
I was mostly surprised by the twists at the end.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes thrillers with twisty endings!
I may keep my eye out for this author in the future.
The ending definitely made up for the slow start.
I was mostly surprised by the twists at the end.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes thrillers with twisty endings!
I may keep my eye out for this author in the future.
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Spoiler: the teacher did it.
Past — The teacher, Mr. Stedman, murdered the Blockbuster girls and Stevie. He was having an affair with Blockbuster girl Katie and she wanted to break up bc he had become abusive and controlling. The other girls knew about it so they had to die and Stevie saw Stedman and Katie fighting so he had to die.
Present — 15 years later, Stedman was having a relationship with one of the ice cream store sisters and her sister wanted her to break up with him so he murdered all the girls but not Jessie because she's his daughter.
Present — Stedman asks Ella to talk to Jessie, who is the child of Katie and Stedman, but no one knows that.
Vince was murdered by the fathers of the murdered girls because they thought he was guilty. He wasn’t.
Atticus dies because he figures it out and confronts Stedman alone. While Stedman is killing him, Ella comes to the door and Stedman opens it. So dumb.
Ella — survivor of Blockbuster murdered who is called in to help with Icecream murders since she’s now a therapist.
Keller — agent who is 8.5 months pregnant with twins, yet running around (literally) solving crimes.
Atticus — Kepler’s partner and all around good guy
Chris — little brother of Vince who is now a public defender
WHY would Stedman ask Ella to talk to Jessie?
WHY AND HOW would Keller run around and put herself in dangerous situations when pregnant with twins and WIGHT MONTHS along? Couldn’t Alex Finlay made her like four months? It wouldn’t change one bit of the story, other than making it slightly more plausible.
Spoiler: the teacher did it.
Past — The teacher, Mr. Stedman, murdered the Blockbuster girls and Stevie. He was having an affair with Blockbuster girl Katie and she wanted to break up bc he had become abusive and controlling. The other girls knew about it so they had to die and Stevie saw Stedman and Katie fighting so he had to die.
Present — 15 years later, Stedman was having a relationship with one of the ice cream store sisters and her sister wanted her to break up with him so he murdered all the girls but not Jessie because she's his daughter.
Present — Stedman asks Ella to talk to Jessie, who is the child of Katie and Stedman, but no one knows that.
Vince was murdered by the fathers of the murdered girls because they thought he was guilty. He wasn’t.
Atticus dies because he figures it out and confronts Stedman alone. While Stedman is killing him, Ella comes to the door and Stedman opens it. So dumb.
Ella — survivor of Blockbuster murdered who is called in to help with Icecream murders since she’s now a therapist.
Keller — agent who is 8.5 months pregnant with twins, yet running around (literally) solving crimes.
Atticus — Kepler’s partner and all around good guy
Chris — little brother of Vince who is now a public defender
WHY would Stedman ask Ella to talk to Jessie?
WHY AND HOW would Keller run around and put herself in dangerous situations when pregnant with twins and WIGHT MONTHS along? Couldn’t Alex Finlay made her like four months? It wouldn’t change one bit of the story, other than making it slightly more plausible.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
adventurous
dark
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:
Yes
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Hmm. With all of the recent rave reviews I kind of expected better? Overall it was an entertaining read, but I guessed the big reveal very early in, & it made just as little sense to me by the end than it did when I first predicted it in the beginning. There were, however, a couple of interesting twists that I did not see coming. Overall I did not love the ending, so a star was docked. I do think that I preferred this one over Finlay’s previous, “Every Last Fear.”
challenging
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes