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A review by jamaretto
Remain Silent by Susie Steiner
3.0
Thank you to Netgalley for the free copy in exchange for an honest review! Definitely a high three stars, just didn’t wow me enough to earn four. I loved the plot basis for this involving the exploitation of Lithuanian workers and the characters were, for the most part, strong. I enjoyed overall how the narrative panned out and had no issues with red herrings or plot twists. The book, despite being the third in a series, works perfectly fine as a stand-alone to a reader who knows nothing about Manon.
My main gripes come from the diversions to the overarching plot: they seemed unnecessary and irrelevant with no real follow-up, reliant on later sequels to tie the strings. One or two of these is fine but there were so many to keep up with and no real conclusions! There were also some off descriptions here and there I found issue with, personal (least) favourites including a character being attractive on the basis of looking like ‘a malnourished Harry Styles’, as well as another character being attractive despite appearing about twelve years old. These really detracted from my overall experience so while the plot was great, room for improvement!
My main gripes come from the diversions to the overarching plot: they seemed unnecessary and irrelevant with no real follow-up, reliant on later sequels to tie the strings. One or two of these is fine but there were so many to keep up with and no real conclusions! There were also some off descriptions here and there I found issue with, personal (least) favourites including a character being attractive on the basis of looking like ‘a malnourished Harry Styles’, as well as another character being attractive despite appearing about twelve years old. These really detracted from my overall experience so while the plot was great, room for improvement!