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shannenwales 's review for:
The Only Child
by Mi-ae Seo
ARC provided from Edelweiss.
Overall I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to people who like page-turner thrillers. The multiple perspectives characters were well developed, and I especially love a bit of a creepy kid as a character. It was also interesting to read a thriller set outside of the US and UK and it was cool to see some of Korea through the novel. The twists were good and several times when I thought I'd figured it out, the author twisted it again on me, which is my favourite thing in a thriller.
There were a few issues that brought the book down for me. A lot of thrillers involve suspending belief for something or another, and that did happen here with some of the decisions made by Seonkyeong, the main protagonist. I was left confused as some of her decisions didn't seem to make sense given the context of her character. Aside from those confusing points, she was a great character and I loved being in her head as she tried to navigate events in her work and home life. I also wish the book was longer and that we got to spend some more time in the heads of the other perspective characters to sort of stretch out parts of the plot I thought could have been made more suspenseful and impactful. I would have loved more segments inside the head of Heyeong, the 11-year-old girl, as I thought the author did a great job of switching voices between the characters.
This was a good thriller that kept me so engaged that I flew through it. If you like mystery thrillers check this one out when it comes out tomorrow 11 Feb 2020.
Overall I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to people who like page-turner thrillers. The multiple perspectives characters were well developed, and I especially love a bit of a creepy kid as a character. It was also interesting to read a thriller set outside of the US and UK and it was cool to see some of Korea through the novel. The twists were good and several times when I thought I'd figured it out, the author twisted it again on me, which is my favourite thing in a thriller.
There were a few issues that brought the book down for me. A lot of thrillers involve suspending belief for something or another, and that did happen here with some of the decisions made by Seonkyeong, the main protagonist. I was left confused as some of her decisions didn't seem to make sense given the context of her character. Aside from those confusing points, she was a great character and I loved being in her head as she tried to navigate events in her work and home life. I also wish the book was longer and that we got to spend some more time in the heads of the other perspective characters to sort of stretch out parts of the plot I thought could have been made more suspenseful and impactful. I would have loved more segments inside the head of Heyeong, the 11-year-old girl, as I thought the author did a great job of switching voices between the characters.
This was a good thriller that kept me so engaged that I flew through it. If you like mystery thrillers check this one out when it comes out tomorrow 11 Feb 2020.