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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
dark
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:
Complicated
I was really excited to find a book that combined agriculture and crime in a book. I thought it would be great fun. Unfortunately, while the crime storyline was engaging and I enjoyed the characters, the understanding of the basics of agriculture, plant biotech, intellectual property or the cooperative system as a business model was so lacking that it was distracting to the story. So much so, in fact, I almost stopped reading after the first four chapters. I stuck it out, but was disappointed the author and her editors didn’t at least put sufficient effort into getting the agriculture and science right.
dark
emotional
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Cannibalism, Murder
Moderate: Blood, Medical content
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Miscarriage, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a really good police procedural with a unique plot. I liked the setting and the character development. Solid read but nothing extraordinary!
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 I don’t normally like police procedurals, but this one grew on me. It’s about a Sargent in Iowa investigating a series of super gross and disturbing deaths. There’s conspiracy, corn, and corpses.
mysterious
slow-paced
challenging
dark
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
Riley Fisher is a newly minted head of the investigative division of the Black Hawk County Iowa Sheriff’s department when the brutally murdered body of her one-time best friend is found in a corn field. Riley has a lot to live up to as her grandfather (now suffering from dementia) was the well loved and respected Sheriff at one time. Riley is also carrying a lot of baggage, trauma from an incident when she was in high school that was never resolved, a tense relationship with her brother and his ex-wife, and troubles in the department from a fellow officer who resents her promotion. When the case starts to involve more murders and a mysterious link to big Agriculture, and possibly the Gov. of Iowa Riley goes off the grid to pursue leads on her own, partly to protect her past secret and to try and protect those she loves. I love police procedurals, especially those set in small towns and The Fields was a great start to a new series. I can’t wait to see how Riley resolves all the conflicts that still exist in her life.
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes