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A review by fernfuentes
The Quiet Room by Terry Miles
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Terry took a big risk with this one, going pretty far from what we’re used to with the Rabbits universe. It’s safe to say that I’m obsessed with the Rabbits universe and will defend it with bias every time. That being said, I can recognize that in an attempt to not rewrite the same story over again, there were a few too many elements from the original story that initially made me fall in love with the podcast and the first novel.
Without giving too much away, I wish there would’ve been more focus on the patterns instead of the somewhat trope-ish “I blacked out and now I don’t remember anything so will the person who was with me give me a half baked playback of what I was doing.”
The way it ended on that cliffhanger makes me believe that there will be a 3rd book coming, and while it would be awesome to see K. come back into the fold, I can’t say I missed them (TQR definitely leads me to believe K. was a female character) in this book. Emily and Rowan made great lead characters. I enjoyed having Alan Scarpio play a bigger role here since he’s one of my favorites from the podcast, but still I feel he felt a little flat.
All in all it was the action and pace of the story that kept me going with this one. It’s kind of more a 3 star read, but I bumped it up to 4 because I just love the show so much and I want another book!
Without giving too much away, I wish there would’ve been more focus on the patterns instead of the somewhat trope-ish “I blacked out and now I don’t remember anything so will the person who was with me give me a half baked playback of what I was doing.”
The way it ended on that cliffhanger makes me believe that there will be a 3rd book coming, and while it would be awesome to see K. come back into the fold, I can’t say I missed them (TQR definitely leads me to believe K. was a female character) in this book. Emily and Rowan made great lead characters. I enjoyed having Alan Scarpio play a bigger role here since he’s one of my favorites from the podcast, but still I feel he felt a little flat.
All in all it was the action and pace of the story that kept me going with this one. It’s kind of more a 3 star read, but I bumped it up to 4 because I just love the show so much and I want another book!