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Never Coming Home by Kate Williams

9 reviews

megmccreery's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

Fast-paced and suspenseful, and I loved the influencer aspect. The cast was a little too large, though. The ending was my least favorite part and didn't make a ton of sense to me. I wish there had been a bigger reveal.

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xlaurareads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

i really don't know where to start with this one. i mean, we got what the title told us, but that's about it. the first 50-60 pages were a bit boring and long-winded and once it got interesting on the island all the murders just happened way too fast. there wasn't too much explanation of the setting, the time-frame, the whole "setting the mood" was lacking in all parts. the characters definitely lacked depth and I couldn't find myself caring about most of them. the only ones even halfway interesting were emma jane and manny (I was really rooting for him, let me tell you that) and, as the murders all happened back to back, we didn't really get to know any of the characters which left me quite unsatisfied. oh, and talking about unsatisfied: don't let me get started on the ending. like what the hell. i mean, it was crystal clear then who the murderer was and what their motive regarding frankie was. but what about their motive with all the others? we'll never know. well, i know that basically seemed like a real rant right now and, yeah, it kind of is. however, i still kind of enjoyed to book for its fast-paced storyline and the constant guessing one had to engage in. safe to say now that i didn't not like it but i also didn't really like it. nothing more to say on that.

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wanderonwards's review

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dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I think this would have worked better if we had been able to spend more time with each of the characters and if their deaths had been spaced out a bit more. I also would have appreciated more time building deeper character motivations for all our POV characters.

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nbreezy17's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-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

5.0

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frantically's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Couldn't differentiate the characters at all which made the stakes pretty much nonexistent for me lol. Loved the ending though!

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avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

When I finished this book I was surprised the murder wasn’t who I thought it was! But really I should have seen it coming, I think I just liked the character too much. I think this book had a pretty unique and well-disguised villain.

Based on her other books, which I didn’t really like I didn’t have super high expectations, but this book was good and I’d read more mystery thrillers by her.

The writing was okay, but the style was a bit dry. The constant switching of POVs was confusing at first and I’m glad for the list of characters at the beginning of the book which I referenced frequently at the beginning. There was soo many protagonists to start with it was really confusing. There was a lot of rep which was nice and I’m starting to see a lot more of it in mystery thrillers, especially YA ones.
The character development was more in finding out their backgrounds than the character’s really changing much. My favorite character was Manny for sure, he just seemed to be a genuinely nice guy.

The pace was about medium, and I would have preferred fast for this type of book, but I guess in the end it worked out.
I would recommend this book to both those new to mystery thrillers and to those who read a lot of them!

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luminareads's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Oh my god.
This book was so much, I kept reading and reading, I couldn't put it down. It had so many plot twists, and every one of them was a twist. The pace was high, and it was consistent which can be hard sometimes. I'm a big Karen McManus fan but honestly, this was better than any of hers, which is a huge compliment because I love Karen's work. And that ending? While it wasn't super satisfying, it was a surprise and that's what matters for a mystery.

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I actually gasped at every single death. I was convinced for a while that Graham did it, and then after he died Xander seemed shady too. I never ever would have suspected Celia, the ending was very dramatic. I haven't loved a book like this in a while, and I wish badly that I knew of something this good to pick up next.

My main problem is that the trans character was the first one killed. While I'm mostly sure that this wasn't intentional, this doesn't read great. If any other character was killed first this wouldn't have seemed so off.

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sunshine8473773's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I actually enjoyed this retelling of the Agatha Christie book but was disappointed that the trans woman was the first character killed;

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marywahlmeierbracciano's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

In Kansas author Kate Williams’ YA thriller, a diverse group of ten influencers is invited to Unknown Island, a remote luxury resort that attracted worldwide attention amidst a viral marketing campaign. But what is supposed to be a free vacation turns into something much more sinister. Not long after their arrival, the ten guests discover that every one of them is a murderer, and every one of them will be murdered. As each reveals the story behind the death that keeps them up at night, that most have tried to cover up, the influencers are taunted by Unknown Island’s cryptic Instagram feed, broadcast to them on a screen that hoards the island’s only internet access. And then they start dropping like flies. Fyre Festival meets murder mystery in this tense story that examines social media, cancel culture, and what it takes to be a murderer.

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