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Every Dead Thing

John Connolly

3.71 AVERAGE

jmillsblume's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad 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: Yes

spatterson12's review against another edition

3.0

I started this one in May and made it about 70 pages before I got distracted with some other book friends.

Once I picked it back up in August, I realized there was A LOT happening. Maybe way too much that it was hard to keep my attention. I was also focused on a lot of projects in my personal life while reading, so that could’ve played a heavy role in that as well.

Almost every single character the lead encountered died. Like how did that not raise more red flags than anything, especially when he was the “good guy”? I also would’ve preferred more time on the character and story development involving the missing woman and the history behind her sister’s case.

I believe this was a debut, so I can see where it probably felt more exciting to try to push at least five different storylines together and make them all intersect, but I think it would’ve been cleaner to focus on the murder of the detective’s family and the stories associated with the missing woman.

The Louisiana content didn’t feel the most needed to me or could’ve been saved for a sequel (I know this is the first of a much bigger series that has new releases for like two decades, but like in the moment when it was drafted it could’ve been spread across more books).

I would be willing to give another book or two in the series a shot since they’ve expanded into double digits.

jkimber's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional medium-paced

rhiviewed's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

arkrayder's review against another edition

4.0

This was one of the most atmospheric, detailed books I’ve read in a long time. The mood just drips off the page and at times it felt I was following Parker, just a step or two behind. The story builds slowly and sometimes feels as if maybe a touch more editing could have been done, but really the story and characters are to engrossing to let this be a hindrance. The touches of supernatural also add a layer of mystery to the novel. Love this book.

mistyrae311's review against another edition

2.0

460 pages that could've been condensed into 250 and made it more of a thriller. Endless characters getting introduced, I had to make a list. Which didn't matter because they died anyway! Had it not dragged on so long, I would've felt more of a thrill. Slow moving, it took me two months to finish, just couldn't get into it.