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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
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:
No
medium-paced
I love Clines -- I find his writing clear and accessible and his stories move like freight trains. This story (like The Professional or Logan or even Hawkeye) is the story of a jaded older hit man and the young female apprentice he plays parent figure to. The young girl is named Natalie (hi, Professional) and has secrets and abilities of her own (hi, Logan). But this is a fun, action-packed story all of its own.
My only gripe with this story is that there's so much action, detailed lovingly shot by shot, that I sometimes got tired reading: what in this scene is important? Do I have to know what happened to each car in this pile-up?
My only gripe with this story is that there's so much action, detailed lovingly shot by shot, that I sometimes got tired reading: what in this scene is important? Do I have to know what happened to each car in this pile-up?
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Thank you NetGalley for sending an ARC for an unbias review.
The Broken Room was not what I expected, in a good way, from Peter Clines. I'm a huge fan of his "Ex-Heroes" series, so this was the first standalone of his I've been exposed to. All in all, if you are looking for a mash-up of Jason Bourne, Black Mirror and the Twilight zone, this is your pick. Some of the horror elements got a little graphic for my taste, maybe a little too gratuitous in some cases, but all in all this was an exciting read that you keep reading to find out "how" and "why".
The Broken Room was not what I expected, in a good way, from Peter Clines. I'm a huge fan of his "Ex-Heroes" series, so this was the first standalone of his I've been exposed to. All in all, if you are looking for a mash-up of Jason Bourne, Black Mirror and the Twilight zone, this is your pick. Some of the horror elements got a little graphic for my taste, maybe a little too gratuitous in some cases, but all in all this was an exciting read that you keep reading to find out "how" and "why".
adventurous
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:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
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CW: kidnapping, child abuse, gun violence, human experimentation/torture
I think I’ve now read everything that Peter Clines has written. I think? This was quite different from his others, as there was A LOT of gun violence and non-gun violence. It was basically an action movie in book form. And I really enjoyed it. I’m not usually one for this type of book, the Jason Bourne, highly trained operative type thing, with lots of police and private security, and guns, but this worked for me. It probably worked for me because it still has Clines’ signature weirdness and WTFness.
This is a stand alone, and as with his other stand alones, it still has a few threads that connect it to the others. I honestly couldn’t wait to get to the point that those threads were revealed, and it was really well done. I love that even though his stand alones are just that, that they still have those connections for those of us who have read all of his books. I actually think I would have been fairly upset if this one didn’t have those connections. 😅
I also liked the characters, Hector and Natalie. I wasn’t sure how that would work, with Hector being an adult and Natalie being 12, but it did. I liked how their friendship developed and I liked how things were resolved at the end of the book. I kind of thought one thing was going to happen, but then it didn’t, which I’m happy about.
One thing I didn’t love was that with all the gun violence, there was A LOT of different guns throughout the book, and I am 100% not a gun person. Most of the time the guns were called by their proper names/types, but I have zero idea what that means, so it was a bit difficult to know what was being talked about. I would have much preferred if it was just ‘a hand gun’, ‘a rifle’, etc, instead of ‘an MK16’, ‘a Mossberg’, etc, because I don’t know what those are. I can appreciate Clines wanting to be accurate, but I suspect that for the majority of folks reading this, they aren’t going to know the specific types of guns.
Overall, a good read, despite it not being my typical type of book.
CW: kidnapping, child abuse, gun violence, human experimentation/torture
I think I’ve now read everything that Peter Clines has written. I think? This was quite different from his others, as there was A LOT of gun violence and non-gun violence. It was basically an action movie in book form. And I really enjoyed it. I’m not usually one for this type of book, the Jason Bourne, highly trained operative type thing, with lots of police and private security, and guns, but this worked for me. It probably worked for me because it still has Clines’ signature weirdness and WTFness.
This is a stand alone, and as with his other stand alones, it still has a few threads that connect it to the others. I honestly couldn’t wait to get to the point that those threads were revealed, and it was really well done. I love that even though his stand alones are just that, that they still have those connections for those of us who have read all of his books. I actually think I would have been fairly upset if this one didn’t have those connections. 😅
I also liked the characters, Hector and Natalie. I wasn’t sure how that would work, with Hector being an adult and Natalie being 12, but it did. I liked how their friendship developed and I liked how things were resolved at the end of the book. I kind of thought one thing was going to happen, but then it didn’t, which I’m happy about.
One thing I didn’t love was that with all the gun violence, there was A LOT of different guns throughout the book, and I am 100% not a gun person. Most of the time the guns were called by their proper names/types, but I have zero idea what that means, so it was a bit difficult to know what was being talked about. I would have much preferred if it was just ‘a hand gun’, ‘a rifle’, etc, instead of ‘an MK16’, ‘a Mossberg’, etc, because I don’t know what those are. I can appreciate Clines wanting to be accurate, but I suspect that for the majority of folks reading this, they aren’t going to know the specific types of guns.
Overall, a good read, despite it not being my typical type of book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail