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what a wild ride! that was a lot but well written. i’m a big fan of jack!
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Audiobook
Meh. There was too much repetition and too many far fetched plot twists in this book for me.
Meh. There was too much repetition and too many far fetched plot twists in this book for me.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Fun and suspenseful to read but ultimately I didn’t really care about any of the characters and found it so unrealistic that it really took me out of the plot.
Highly enjoyable thriller about a woman who works as a penetration tester, breaking into companies in order to tell them about their security weaknesses. She does the physical breaking and entering, her husband does the cyber part, and they make a good team until he’s brutally murdered and she’s framed for arranging the hit. Naturally, she then has to go on the run from police and find out on her own what Gabe may have gotten into that ended up killing him. This reminded me a lot of the excellent A Bird in Winter by Louise Doughty, and in fact Laura reviewed them together, very thoughtfully; they do make a good pair. Zero Days is marginally pulpier, and I knew early on who the only (named) villain would turn out to be, although props to Ware for making that villainy complicated, more about stupidity and greed than pure evil. The best thing about it, apart from the brilliant blow-by-blow scenes in which Jack, our protagonist, uses a combination of social engineering and athleticism to get where she wants to go, is the surprisingly convincing portrait of grief. I say surprising because I don’t expect emotional verisimilitude from a thriller, but this really got me: Jack’s agony over Gabe’s horrible death is so raw and painful, even as she uses it to spur herself on. Also, there’s a happy ending. Terrific summer distraction fare if capable, engaging thrillers are your bag.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Good story and storytelling. I inhaled this. I would definitely like a work with the editor. Has many times can the main character agonize over (and bump) her infected injury. Seriously, could have been 100 pages shorter and a 5 star thriller.