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4.3 AVERAGE
4.3 AVERAGE
I am really liking this series and I am looking forward to the next book.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The story was good, but the writing was choppy..or maybe it was the narrator?
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Leave No Trace (Kat and Lock #2)
By Jo Callaghan, narrated by Rose Akroyd
I'd been looking forward to this book after enjoying the first one in the series, In the Blink of An Eye. If possible, read in In the Blink of An Eye before this second book because the first book sets up the existence of AIDE (Artificially Intelligent Detecting Entity) Lock and also introduces DCS Kat Frank at a very traumatic time in her life. We also meet the two younger team members of this four member team and they have their own issues that they are dealing with in both books.
This latest case of a man crucified on a hill will be the first time this team ventures out of cold case territory while having Lock as a partner. A lot is on the line, this team's success can be the make or break when it comes to using an AIDE. Speed is essential since it appears this killing has a message, a message that might have many parts, and that means more killings could be coming.
I enjoyed the first part of the book more than the second part of it. What I like is following characters and I'm interested in the lives of the four team members. I want to get to "know" Lock better, watch him work, understand his inner workings. I also like knowing about the private lives of the two new team members, they each have had serious events in their lives and watching how they handle obstacles in their lives is interesting. And then there is Kat, dealing not only with a late husband who died too young but also now dealing with a son that has flown the nest. She's sad, she's lonely, and she doesn't know what to do with herself unless she's eyeball deep in work.
I was disappointed with the second half of the book where the characters seemed to turn into vehicles to highlight social issues in a clunky sort of way. I like it when I'm read/hearing a story about Lock, his integration with others, and the team's interactions with each other and the people they serve. Instead they all fade to the background in ways that didn't carry the story forward for me. There will be another book, we get a small look at what is to come and I will be there for it and hopefully the characters get to be the focus of the story.
Thanks to my library and Libby.
By Jo Callaghan, narrated by Rose Akroyd
I'd been looking forward to this book after enjoying the first one in the series, In the Blink of An Eye. If possible, read in In the Blink of An Eye before this second book because the first book sets up the existence of AIDE (Artificially Intelligent Detecting Entity) Lock and also introduces DCS Kat Frank at a very traumatic time in her life. We also meet the two younger team members of this four member team and they have their own issues that they are dealing with in both books.
This latest case of a man crucified on a hill will be the first time this team ventures out of cold case territory while having Lock as a partner. A lot is on the line, this team's success can be the make or break when it comes to using an AIDE. Speed is essential since it appears this killing has a message, a message that might have many parts, and that means more killings could be coming.
I enjoyed the first part of the book more than the second part of it. What I like is following characters and I'm interested in the lives of the four team members. I want to get to "know" Lock better, watch him work, understand his inner workings. I also like knowing about the private lives of the two new team members, they each have had serious events in their lives and watching how they handle obstacles in their lives is interesting. And then there is Kat, dealing not only with a late husband who died too young but also now dealing with a son that has flown the nest. She's sad, she's lonely, and she doesn't know what to do with herself unless she's eyeball deep in work.
I was disappointed with the second half of the book where the characters seemed to turn into vehicles to highlight social issues in a clunky sort of way. I like it when I'm read/hearing a story about Lock, his integration with others, and the team's interactions with each other and the people they serve. Instead they all fade to the background in ways that didn't carry the story forward for me. There will be another book, we get a small look at what is to come and I will be there for it and hopefully the characters get to be the focus of the story.
Thanks to my library and Libby.
adventurous
emotional
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:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
While the thriller and procedural elements are very well plotted, this book suffers from an overage of all the things that will date it as badly in the future as "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3" is dated now. It focuses on all of the socio-political issues du jour regarding gender politics, shies away from properly examining anything religious that it throws in other than in a "how quaint and backward" sort of way, and uses AI to be a bit of a deus ex machina without explaining how it is supposed to be doing what it does within the limits defined for it in the prior book. It gets very... preachy.
The themes of suffering, resilience, technology, attitude, and character interactions that weave into this book are usually an excellent, throught-provoking and entertaining combination. But not in this book. I doubt I'll continue to read the series, now.
The themes of suffering, resilience, technology, attitude, and character interactions that weave into this book are usually an excellent, throught-provoking and entertaining combination. But not in this book. I doubt I'll continue to read the series, now.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No