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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
insert gordon ramsey meme about good fk*n food and replace the word food with twist
adventurous
mysterious
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:
Yes
I always enjoy Peter Swanson's books, and was super excited the moment I heard this one announced. I LOVE the Agatha Christie novel "And Then There Were None", which is referenced multiple times throughout "Nine Lives". I did not see the reveal coming, though I never do in these kinds of stories, so I was surprised but also not by the reveal of the killer, if you know what I mean. Can't wait to read another of his books. Listened to the audio of this from my library.
This is my third Peter S. Book and I think it’s fair to say I’m done giving more opportunities to the author.
I keep feeling like he has good ideas (or to be more honest, he steals them from the classics) and then just ruins them with his lack of creativity.
I keep feeling like he has good ideas (or to be more honest, he steals them from the classics) and then just ruins them with his lack of creativity.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Things I liked:
- Most of the main characters were like able and I found myself feeling connected to them easily
- Book was well paced, kept me engaged and didn’t feel like anything was being drawn out
- The twist of who the killer is
- The backstory of the killer is just so devastating it hit me so hard
Things I didn’t like:
- The last chapter. UGH what was the reason
- The focus was more on the characters than trying to find out who the killer was, which is what I originally thought. This isn’t a bad thing it just wasn’t what I was expecting
“Trust me. Things that matter to you don’t matter to anybody else.” (pg. 10)
“Our faces and bodies are only beautiful for a short time. Our bones outlast is.” (pg. 119)
“Life might be the blink of an eye, but he was somehow in it.”
“He’d always wondered what was worse: to feel emptiness and not know what would make it go away, or to feel emptiness and know exactly what was missing.” (pg. 121)
“The awful thing about loneliness is that it isn’t always cured by other people.” (pg. 229)
- Most of the main characters were like able and I found myself feeling connected to them easily
- Book was well paced, kept me engaged and didn’t feel like anything was being drawn out
- The twist of who the killer is
- The backstory of the killer is just so devastating it hit me so hard
Things I didn’t like:
- The last chapter. UGH what was the reason
- The focus was more on the characters than trying to find out who the killer was, which is what I originally thought. This isn’t a bad thing it just wasn’t what I was expecting
“Trust me. Things that matter to you don’t matter to anybody else.” (pg. 10)
“Our faces and bodies are only beautiful for a short time. Our bones outlast is.” (pg. 119)
“Life might be the blink of an eye, but he was somehow in it.”
“He’d always wondered what was worse: to feel emptiness and not know what would make it go away, or to feel emptiness and know exactly what was missing.” (pg. 121)
“The awful thing about loneliness is that it isn’t always cured by other people.” (pg. 229)
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder
9 perspectives was too many for any meaningful character development, and the ending did not make up for it.
dark
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
I thought it was a pretty good, quick read. I enjoyed the ending to the point that I increased my score because of it.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was so painful to get through. I forced myself to finish it (as I'm trying to avoid DNFs this year). It was slow, overly-detailed, unable to capture my interest. It turned out that the only character/plotline I enjoyed did the bad things. In my opinion, this did not do any justice to And Then There Were None.