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bobinsbooknook's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Having loved the silent patient and a sucker for Greek themes in books - I was really looking forward to this book. Sadly however, it just fell flat for me.
I love Alex’s writing style, making it a quick read BUT in spite of this, the plot progressed very slowly and just didn’t feel very well executed. I didn’t really care for any of the characters and found the FMC Marianna particularly frustrating.
The final killer reveal didn’t shock me as such, but the reasons did but also felt super out of the blue. I mean finding out the uncle and niece were having sex is going to be a shock but felt nothing prior in this book actually alluded to this in anyway other than Marianna getting a ‘feeling’ it may be related to her husbands death’
Overall, I left feeling pretty disappointed as I feel the plot had so much potential which in this instance Alex didn’t deliver sadly. Despite this, I’m not put off from reading some of his other work on future.
anniegarrard's review
1.0
i feel bad giving it one star but i didn’t enjoy anything about this book. it was so slow i wanted to DNF so bad! i’ve never read a book where i didn’t care how it ended until this one. i had some theories on the ending but i couldn’t have guessed how bad it would end.
inne_houtmeyers's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
hollylath24's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
3.0
savxx's review against another edition
3.0
It was meh, I figured out who the killer was 30% through the book and it felt a little predictable
lady_luckless's review against another edition
4.0
This was my second book written by this author. I adored The Silent Patient so I had high hopes for this one and I was not let down. I loved the underlying theme and references to Greek mythology mixed with more realistic therapy based counterparts. It was a wild ride from start to finish focusing on a main character who I believed in and wanted to prevail the entire way through.
simmybala's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75