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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
3.5: pretty predictable and the narrator got annoying at times but i did finish in one day
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
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:
Yes
Loved this book, especially in audio format! It really shines as an audiobook. Enjoyed the characters, especially the diversity in identities, personalities, and motives. The twists got me. I liked the balance of graphic with readable. Some other authors (like Karin Slaughter) I cannot stomach. This author built tension without anything too disturbing in details.
It definitely has parts that require suspension of disbelief but I really don’t mind that! It’s a better story if themain character gets to play detective with actual cops and touch crime scenes and do pro bono standoffs with killers
I am interested in following this author’s future work!
It definitely has parts that require suspension of disbelief but I really don’t mind that! It’s a better story if the
I am interested in following this author’s future work!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was so good. I listened to the audio while following along with the book. The audiobook was done so well, great production with a full cast and lots of sound effects to give the illusion that you're actually listening to a podcast during certain chapters. Very well put together and a great listen. I read this in one sitting, I just couldn't put it down. So glad I finally got to this one after it being on my shelves for a while.
Elle, a social worker turned full-time true-crime podcaster, has one goal: to solve cold cases of missing and abducted children. After four successful seasons solving cases in Minnesota's Twin Cities, Elle decides it's time focus on her biggest case yet, The Countdown Killer. Twenty years ago, The Countdown Killer was terrorizing the community by kidnapping and murdering three girls over seven days, with each girl a year younger than the last. Then, when his last victim escapes, the pattern and the murders, abruptly stop. When Elle follows a lead on her latest season about The Countdown Killer, girls suddenly start disappearing again and the only connection is her.
This book was amazingly plot-twisty. I enjoyed having the podcast transcripts throughout the story so we could hear what "listeners" of the podcast knew. The urgency that Elle gives off also made me want to keep reading until I knew how it ended. My biggest complaint is that there are parts where it feels like I was reading a sequel to a book (since Elle has previous seasons of her podcast) but that only made me question if I was missing a book to read.
This book was amazingly plot-twisty. I enjoyed having the podcast transcripts throughout the story so we could hear what "listeners" of the podcast knew. The urgency that Elle gives off also made me want to keep reading until I knew how it ended. My biggest complaint is that there are parts where it feels like I was reading a sequel to a book (since Elle has previous seasons of her podcast) but that only made me question if I was missing a book to read.
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Honestly I would recommend this book. This is Amy’s first book and she did amazing. I finished it in 3 hours and 16 mins.