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eckhaa04 's review for:
Nine Lives
by Peter Swanson
Edited and stars increased: 3.5 ⭐️
I enjoy the way Peter Swanson writes his mystery thrillers.
However, he continually references “and then there were none” and while I understand that this is a sort of nod to the famous Christie book, the multiple times it was mentioned, took away from the plot. I think it would have been better left implied rather than explicitly said.
Spoiler:
I like how Swanson made me really care for and like Jack. I suspected Jonathan relatively early on but did not guess that Jack was also Jonathan. While the reveal seems to come out of left field, I still enjoyed the ending and letter written by Jack and hidden in the Peter Pan book to explain the reasons.
However, Jessica is killed by a “hit man” and Jonathan claims he shot her. Did he “hire” himself? That part didn’t really make sense to me.
Overall, the kind worth killing is still my favorite Swanson.
I enjoy the way Peter Swanson writes his mystery thrillers.
However, he continually references “and then there were none” and while I understand that this is a sort of nod to the famous Christie book, the multiple times it was mentioned, took away from the plot. I think it would have been better left implied rather than explicitly said.
Spoiler:
I like how Swanson made me really care for and like Jack. I suspected Jonathan relatively early on but did not guess that Jack was also Jonathan. While the reveal seems to come out of left field, I still enjoyed the ending and letter written by Jack and hidden in the Peter Pan book to explain the reasons.
However, Jessica is killed by a “hit man” and Jonathan claims he shot her. Did he “hire” himself? That part didn’t really make sense to me.
Overall, the kind worth killing is still my favorite Swanson.