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A review by squids_can_read
The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw, Richard Kadrey
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Julie Crews plans to go out with her liver. She's seen all the terror the world can throw at her and she really doesn't want to stick around. That is until her best friend shows up unannounced at her door asking her for help. How is Julie to say no? At the same time, Julie is still reeling from the affront of her ex-boyfriend taking credit for a job that could have gotten her killed. Now Julie is looking to get better, especially after her best friend comes around.
This book started out with a bang. I loved the way that Julie's chapters were written especially how she talked about others taking advantage of other people. It was really evident to me that she cared a lot about other people. I even liked the chapters written from Tyler's point of view because I was ready to see him taken down because he was such a terrible person. But after Julie does her summoning(that's all I'll say about it for spoiler's sake), the book kind of goes downhill.
Julie just seems to stop caring about her violence problem which was something she was intensely concerned with at the beginning of the book. Also how the thing that she summoned helped her really wasn't explained and I didn't really understand it especially after it stopped helping. I just didn't think that it was super-explained. I still like Tyler's chapters because he didn't super change but I really hated the ending of the book. It just all seemed so rushed and I don't think that the authors knew how they wanted the book to end. The writing was good overall but the book just stopped making a whole lot of sense after like the middle of the book.
I so wanted to really love this book but I just didn't. This book is also really gross but I didn't mind it. Overall, it was really good to start then went down here after about halfway.
This book started out with a bang. I loved the way that Julie's chapters were written especially how she talked about others taking advantage of other people. It was really evident to me that she cared a lot about other people. I even liked the chapters written from Tyler's point of view because I was ready to see him taken down because he was such a terrible person. But after Julie does her summoning(that's all I'll say about it for spoiler's sake), the book kind of goes downhill.
Julie just seems to stop caring about her violence problem which was something she was intensely concerned with at the beginning of the book. Also how the thing that she summoned helped her really wasn't explained and I didn't really understand it especially after it stopped helping. I just didn't think that it was super-explained. I still like Tyler's chapters because he didn't super change but I really hated the ending of the book. It just all seemed so rushed and I don't think that the authors knew how they wanted the book to end. The writing was good overall but the book just stopped making a whole lot of sense after like the middle of the book.
I so wanted to really love this book but I just didn't. This book is also really gross but I didn't mind it. Overall, it was really good to start then went down here after about halfway.