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Looking for Smoke

K.A. Cobell

4.14 AVERAGE

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annegrenier_'s review

4.5
dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4,5 ⭐️
If you’re looking for a thriller where the culprit is only revealed at the very, very end and that also sheds light on a truly, truly, important issue this book is definitely for you. I was legitimately on the edge of my seat more than once. Although the beginning is a bit slow (but not nearly as slow as some books I’ve read), it’s absolutely worth pushing through. I loved my read!
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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shortsm's review

4.25
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective 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: Yes
challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense

jessofawesome1321's review

4.0

This gave an insightful look into modern Blackfoot culture. The attention to MMIWG in this YA Mystery Thriller is what drew me to this book. However, I wish it wasn't one of their own.
The multi POV keeps you guessing, and it is one of those that go through every possibility before getting to the killer.

So this review is hard. This novel had a great foundation and potential but, simply put, it went round and round suspecting and picking apart every little action of every suspected character. While this can be well done in smaller amounts, this book was too much as that was all it was. It was a bit exhausting.
In comparison to all that the end, while somewhat satisfying, fell a little short.
Not only that, but all the times and dates were hard to keep track of. I feel that sometimes they weren’t realistic either.
I would give it probably 3.5 stars if only Goodreads allowed that
dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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lynnietakalele's review

5.0
adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Yes

I did totally fall in love with (almost) all the characters! Especially the main two. I started to guess whodunnit at the end, and mayyyyyybe I would have liked a bit more padding at the end (ex, a hint at what was going to happen next, a hint at whether anyone would find out, etc) but all in all it was a satisfying read about sad but true topics, with some never-enough-but-at-least-some justice at the end.
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badger5's review

4.5
dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mjacksondonnell's review

5.0
dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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