Reviews

One Good Deed by David Jackson

bookstarreviews_'s review

tense medium-paced

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

4.5

nickikendall's review

dark mysterious tense

4.0

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.  This was another very enjoyable thriller this author.  It was well paced, suspenseful with some dark characters, everything I love in a thriller. Elliott is a likeable, kind man, living a quiet life between managing a charity shop and caring for his much loved cat Bill. One evening, a trip to the corner shop for emergency cat food, brings Elliott and Rebecca together as she asks for his help, he comes to her aid unknowingly setting himself onto a course of deception and not only his life but the life of his very best friend Heidi also being put at risk.  The tension whilst reading this book was palpable and it will definitely leave you second guessing whether good deeds are always worth the risk. #onegooddeed #davidjackson #netgalley #tea_sipping_bookworm #goodreads #thestorygraph #getlitsy #thriller #bookqueen #bookstagram 

faloneran's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

salowlbooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

michedea_books_'s review

challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

 

One good Deed by David Jackson is the fourth book from the author that I have read, and it is another brilliant read. 

Elliot is a loner and lives with his cat Bill. He is also a manager of a charity shop, and his only friend is a woman called Heidi. He is a kind man and will help anyone that is in trouble. So, when he a woman called Rebecca asking for his help to pretend to be her boyfriend. As a man is stalking her. The man’s name is Darren who is Rebecca’s ex-boyfriend. The man is obsessed with Rebecca and wants to get back with Rebecca. But Rebecca has other ideas and Elliot ends up being the go-between them two. But soon the situation turns sinister. 

Thank you, Viper for a copy of One good Deed. This is a suspenseful story of Elliot who is trying to be a hero and help a damsel in distress. But Elliot is too kind-hearted, and I felt at first quite naive and it takes awhile to find out what Rachel is really like and also what kind of person Darren really is. This is a riveting read and which I couldn’t put down, even reading it to the small hours of the morning.  I highly recommend 5 stars from me. 

 

 

mandylovestoread's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

librariangeorgia's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

I absolutely blitzed through this - read it in one sitting! Though the plot is basic, it's tense and fast-paced. I couldn't figure out what was actually happening, though I was questioning everyone's common sense! I must say, I wouldn't want this to happen to me!