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A review by lmt01
Bad Guys by Linwood Barclay
4.0
Although it is a bit slow - which is noticeable since we have already been introduced to Zack Walker and his family - BAD GUYS is still a pretty good sequel that delivers thrills and laughs constantly.
Now, since I'm reading Barclay's novels in chronological order so that I can judge the development of his quality (and for other reasons, which I mentioned in my review of BAD MOVE), I should probably point out something that I noticed while reading this book:
The identity of the main antagonist was not, in this book or its predecessor, a big twist.
Don't get me wrong: the bad guys are usually characters you've met before, but when it is revealed that they are, indeed, the bad guys (normally halfway through the book), it isn't really a large surprise. In the first four Barclay novels I read, however, the identity of the main antagonist was always a shocking twist that took me by surprise. It's not necessarily a bad thing that this is what happens - it kind of serves the story - but I just thought that it was worth pointing out.
Now, since I'm reading Barclay's novels in chronological order so that I can judge the development of his quality (and for other reasons, which I mentioned in my review of BAD MOVE), I should probably point out something that I noticed while reading this book:
The identity of the main antagonist was not, in this book or its predecessor, a big twist.
Don't get me wrong: the bad guys are usually characters you've met before, but when it is revealed that they are, indeed, the bad guys (normally halfway through the book), it isn't really a large surprise. In the first four Barclay novels I read, however, the identity of the main antagonist was always a shocking twist that took me by surprise. It's not necessarily a bad thing that this is what happens - it kind of serves the story - but I just thought that it was worth pointing out.