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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
A family kidnapped. Well they destroy each other first before the kidnappers have a chance to do it? Good twists at the end. Up at 7am on a sunday to finish a book. That says something.
It started out well and went downhill from there. Just not believable! I guess I only like the Frankie Elkin books.
Good mystery with twists & turns. Is he the bad guy? Is she? Kept me guessing. I'll definitely look for another by Lisa Gardner.
Niet zo goed als de voorganger. Gardner wilde zelf graag een gezins ontvoering doen. komt gekunsteld over. De traditionele tegenwerking tussen politie en FBI is voorspelbaar. De ontknoping is overigens niet voorspelbaar maar ook weer niet geweldig, af en toe heeft Gardner moeite met het afronden van haar boeken.
Fantastic edge of your seat storyline with several twists & turns! As usual love this authors books, her books always keep my attention, leave me guessing and throw surprises in the reader doesn't see coming!
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
I really enjoyed reading this book as it becomes intense quickly and you get wrapped up in the story. I hardly set this book down once I started reading it. I ultimately was able to figure out who the "bad" guy was, but was still shocked by parts of the conclusion. While not a deep book, it was a fantastic book to read on vacation.
I tried this as a sort of in-between break on my usual fantasy reads. I used to love mystery/thrillers.. but it's like they've all got the same atmosphere or outline. I don't know how to explain it, but I mean.. it was kind of predictable. Maybe I'm just a naturally suspicious person or got lucky guessing who was behind it all, but the like five red herrings didn't distract me like they're supposed to from who was probably behind it from the start.
I really don't understand a reason for the cops being there, other than the 'a crime is committed, the cops must be called.' Because they didn't do much of anything. They were wrong all the way up to the end. And STILL had to be told like ten times what to do. The main character gave us more detective work than the detectives did.
I did enjoy the deep dive into a family's personal life, and 'what happens behind closed doors,' and all that. It's not a bad book, don't misunderstand me. And it's a quick read; what usually takes me like a month/week, took me like one night to get through 200 pages. (I even joked about it being double spaced like they're trying to survive an essay.) I'm just so used to these books having a 'something happens, crime gets dragged out so cops can investigate and lead us through the story,' kind of mystery. Also, I had a different expectation from seeing the cover, it's nothing about some girl fleeing through woods..
But why are the cops so laissez-faire during so many scenes? I can't remember which scene it was, but something bad was happening, and they were like, 'that kinda sucks...so.. wanna go to dinner with me?' And I'm thinking, sure, we get the 'they're jaded/grizzled cops trope,' but it's almost sociopathic the way they seem to not get emotionally invested at all. The closest attempt I've noticed, was the detective going, 'Oh, me and the main character both have a daughter.' Okay. Cool?
It picked up at the end, when things finally started getting into gear. The was fun. But the rest of it. It feels very much.. like when Stephen King tends to drag on about a random character's life in the span of a paragraph, like 'here's a quirky trait about their background,' but it doesn't feel the same, and I just don't quite know why. Not a bad book at all, especially for the price, mind you.. but the rating stands for me, "it was okay."
I really don't understand a reason for the cops being there, other than the 'a crime is committed, the cops must be called.' Because they didn't do much of anything. They were wrong all the way up to the end. And STILL had to be told like ten times what to do. The main character gave us more detective work than the detectives did.
I did enjoy the deep dive into a family's personal life, and 'what happens behind closed doors,' and all that. It's not a bad book, don't misunderstand me. And it's a quick read; what usually takes me like a month/week, took me like one night to get through 200 pages. (I even joked about it being double spaced like they're trying to survive an essay.) I'm just so used to these books having a 'something happens, crime gets dragged out so cops can investigate and lead us through the story,' kind of mystery. Also, I had a different expectation from seeing the cover, it's nothing about some girl fleeing through woods..
But why are the cops so laissez-faire during so many scenes? I can't remember which scene it was, but something bad was happening, and they were like, 'that kinda sucks...so.. wanna go to dinner with me?' And I'm thinking, sure, we get the 'they're jaded/grizzled cops trope,' but it's almost sociopathic the way they seem to not get emotionally invested at all. The closest attempt I've noticed, was the detective going, 'Oh, me and the main character both have a daughter.' Okay. Cool?
It picked up at the end, when things finally started getting into gear. The was fun. But the rest of it. It feels very much.. like when Stephen King tends to drag on about a random character's life in the span of a paragraph, like 'here's a quirky trait about their background,' but it doesn't feel the same, and I just don't quite know why. Not a bad book at all, especially for the price, mind you.. but the rating stands for me, "it was okay."