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Η αλυσίδα

Adrian McKinty

3.66 AVERAGE

seilemon's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

uninterested, long and drawn out 
challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5 ⭐️
dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It's getting harder and harder to find thrillers that genuinely entertain me, and don't devolve into an endless cavern of tropes. Though thriller/suspense is my favorite genre, many novels are just unreliable narrators telling a spooky story out of sequence to create suspense. Also, spoiler alert: it was the narrators spouse. But The Chain is something new and something fresh. A plot so crazy that it just works. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the climax is not what I thought, and the story is more complex than the back of the book.

This is a thriller winner in the same league as my other thriller favorites like "When I Go To Sleep" and "Behind Closed Doors."

This novel wasn't perfect, but it's closer to five stars than four, so I'll leave it where it is.
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
fast-paced
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated