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Thriller: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories by Don Bruns

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maxac32's review

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dark

3.0

zombiecupcake29's review

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slow-paced

Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.5

This book was called Thriller but it was anything but thrilling. Yes I read it in one sitting but that’s only because the stories are pretty short but man getting through some of them was a rough ride and I had to force myself to finish this book. I will usually DNF a book I’m not enjoying but with anthologies/short story collections I try to finish them even if I’m not enjoying myself because there are good stories mixed in with the horrible ones. There were a few stories in here I enjoyed but the majority of them were extreme letdowns.

17efravel's review

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2.0

I was definitely not the target audience for this. I thought this was a pretty cool concept with the Michael Jackson songs but it was described as thrilling short stories. These stories were not very thrilling or very well written for the most part. The best one was the very last one by Jeffrey Deaver. However I still didn't care for it much. I feel like this collection is made more for people who enjoy reading James Patterson. It felt very Lifetime or even Hallmark thriller.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC!