Reviews

Down the Darkest Street by Alex Segura

locpressedbooks_'s review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

madmatilda's review

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

vkemp's review

3.0

Pete Fernandez lost a lot a year ago. His best friend was killed in a car bomb meant for him. His ex-fiancee can't decide between him and her husband. His newspaper career is over and he is barely hanging on, living in his father's house and working a part-time job at a bookstore. He is trying to stop drinking, attending meetings and taking it one day at a time. But when he is swept up in another investigation of young girls being murdered in Miami, things go downhill quickly. He is beaten up, his house is burned and his ex-fiancee is almost murdered. Pete has to make a decision, will he actually become a private investigator or just continue bumbling around? This is a great sequel to Silent City , exploring more sides of Pete and developing his character. He is a man caught in crisis, who has not figured out, yet, how to navigate a new reality. Lots of action along with an interesting plot.

mcf's review

2.0

Actual rating: 2.5

Mostly, I'm just annoyed that the Miami setting and my interest in the author's online presence suck me into reading two books in a series that I realized about halfway through the second one just ... isn't very good. The main character is entirely unappealing and makes the same mistakes over and over again, including putting his good friends in danger and mistreating everyone around him, the surprise! twists! are always the most obvious surprise! twists! available to the story, and the portrayal of the main character's ex is just short of toxic. Ugh.

(Can you tell the end was particularly off putting?)