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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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:
No
I couldn't get into this book at all. I know many have read and liked it, but it being part of a game and people dying because of it really turned me off. Usually books that take place in WI/MN are something I really like because I am familiar with the area, but I just wasn't in the right frame of mind for this book.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
With all the hype, I really expected more. It just couldn't keep my attention, and I lost interest multiple times. Too many characters convoluted the situation.
An entertaining mystery/thriller set in Minnesota and Wisconsin, this novel is fun to read. Tracy (actually two people) does a wonderful job of individualizing the dozen or so major characters, making them lively and colorful. Of course, I must admit that the Minneapolis setting kept my attention, as much of the action takes place within a three-mile radius of my house. One thing I don't understand, however, is why one of the main characters would set up company headquarters in the Minneapolis warehouse district and then buy a house miles away in St. Paul. My experience is that devoted St. Paulites and Minneapolitans stay in one city or the other, unless they change jobs or develop a relationship outside the home city. The book suffers from the usual preposterous situations of most thrillers, for example, five college friends who bond because they are all orphans. But the plotting was tight, keeping me guessing right to the end.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
I like this book, but the pacing is at times a bit off. I appreciate that the characters have a Mysterious Past, but it took me a really long time to realize that there were two mysteries here, maybe I wasn't paying enough attention, maybe it's because the characters feel a bit flat at times.
Over all I really like it so far and I hope would recommend it to people who like mysteries. Like I said there's a weird sense of pacing in this and it might be because of the Mother/Daughter team that wrote it, but they work really well together for the rest of the book, so a little pacing issue isn't much to worry about I guess.
I liked it, it wasn't too predictable, and the killer was someone I didn't really expect. I liked that it was a more complex case than they thought and that it was simpler than was expected while also being rather obscure and Mystery Novel-y.
I liked it and started to read the second book but it didn't hold my attention well enough to keep me reading it.
I think I might try skipping to the next book in the series, but I did like where the second book was going it just was taking a while to get there. But then again slow pacing builds suspense, so who I am to say.
Over all I really like it so far and I hope would recommend it to people who like mysteries. Like I said there's a weird sense of pacing in this and it might be because of the Mother/Daughter team that wrote it, but they work really well together for the rest of the book, so a little pacing issue isn't much to worry about I guess.
I liked it, it wasn't too predictable, and the killer was someone I didn't really expect. I liked that it was a more complex case than they thought and that it was simpler than was expected while also being rather obscure and Mystery Novel-y.
I liked it and started to read the second book but it didn't hold my attention well enough to keep me reading it.
I think I might try skipping to the next book in the series, but I did like where the second book was going it just was taking a while to get there. But then again slow pacing builds suspense, so who I am to say.
I like this entire series. It's written by a mother-daughter team. The books are well-written, the plots not obvious and I laughed out loud in every book. Also, each book in the series is good--they don't get watered down. Recommended!