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A review by daniellelouis_
The Abduction by A.A. Chaudhuri
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I absolutely loved The Scribe, it was one of the few most heart racing thrillers that I read for a while, then in waltzed The Abduction and blew The Scribe so far out of the park! For me, AA has created a full on homerun of a thriller that had me gripping the book tightly, which saved my already bitten to low nails and left my heart with palpitations - the perfect state a thriller addict hopes to be left in when reading and finishing a highly anticipated read. The Abduction didn't disappoint and as you may have already been able to tell, it got all my stars and a well deserved place in my bookish heart.
The characterisation, of the good and the bad guys, are just perfectly crafted - they have a kaleidoscope of personality traits that will have you swoon, pity them, as well as want to give them a good slap in the mouth (but violence doesn't solve anything kids, and they aren't real so I became the reader who shouted at THOSE characters!). Every single person that we meet amongst the pages of The Abduction are perfectly crafted in place, and given roles, it's a literary interpretation of a very well thought out game of chess - and you, the reader just don't know how it's going to play out. That is exactly like this book, a well crafted, superbly executed thriller.
Can we just talk about one of my favourite crime fighting duos? Of course it's savvy lawyer Maddy Kramer and the sultry type DCI Carver, 2.5 years have lapsed in the book world since The Scribe and the professional chemistry is still very much there! They compliment one another like your favourite food pairing - Kramer is intelligent, delicate in her approach and strongly independent, whereas Carver is intelligent also, but more of a hardened and complex character. Together, they make the best team and even after only just finishing the second installment of the series, I'm already on tenderhooks waiting for book 3.
We all know that there's different range of thrillers out there, from the subtly creeping up on you kind, to the ones that start almost immediately and have your heart galloping from the get go - for me The Abduction was the latter. There was no 'small talk', no unnecessary building of the storyline, it dived straight in to the adrenaline depths and it absolutely worked, my heart raced, my brain was on overdrive and I was gripped from chapter one. Not only did the threads of the storyline begun to unravel in such thrilling harmony, but the who unfolding was intense, tension filled and paced brilliantly. The book reads effortlessly and develops naturally, with snippets of the past that ties the whole thing together with a gaspingly great big bow.
Every single chapter of The Abduction enthralled me, I loved it (hence the full 5 stars) and now, if you don't mind I shall wait here (im)patiently as I wait for the third book of the series. I really can't wait to see what AA Chaudhuri has up her sleeve for the next installment
The characterisation, of the good and the bad guys, are just perfectly crafted - they have a kaleidoscope of personality traits that will have you swoon, pity them, as well as want to give them a good slap in the mouth (but violence doesn't solve anything kids, and they aren't real so I became the reader who shouted at THOSE characters!). Every single person that we meet amongst the pages of The Abduction are perfectly crafted in place, and given roles, it's a literary interpretation of a very well thought out game of chess - and you, the reader just don't know how it's going to play out. That is exactly like this book, a well crafted, superbly executed thriller.
Can we just talk about one of my favourite crime fighting duos? Of course it's savvy lawyer Maddy Kramer and the sultry type DCI Carver, 2.5 years have lapsed in the book world since The Scribe and the professional chemistry is still very much there! They compliment one another like your favourite food pairing - Kramer is intelligent, delicate in her approach and strongly independent, whereas Carver is intelligent also, but more of a hardened and complex character. Together, they make the best team and even after only just finishing the second installment of the series, I'm already on tenderhooks waiting for book 3.
We all know that there's different range of thrillers out there, from the subtly creeping up on you kind, to the ones that start almost immediately and have your heart galloping from the get go - for me The Abduction was the latter. There was no 'small talk', no unnecessary building of the storyline, it dived straight in to the adrenaline depths and it absolutely worked, my heart raced, my brain was on overdrive and I was gripped from chapter one. Not only did the threads of the storyline begun to unravel in such thrilling harmony, but the who unfolding was intense, tension filled and paced brilliantly. The book reads effortlessly and develops naturally, with snippets of the past that ties the whole thing together with a gaspingly great big bow.
Every single chapter of The Abduction enthralled me, I loved it (hence the full 5 stars) and now, if you don't mind I shall wait here (im)patiently as I wait for the third book of the series. I really can't wait to see what AA Chaudhuri has up her sleeve for the next installment