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liz1004 's review for:
Every Breath
by Ellie Marney
I ended up enjoying this, but because of how long it took me to get into it and the mystery itself, I could only give it three stars.
What I loved:
-WATTSCROFT - These two are HOT HOT HOT and one of my favorite parts of the book. You can see the chemistry practically smoldering off of the page, and I spent most of the time waiting for them to kiss (despite being a tad squicked out because of Mycroft's smokers breath).
-MELBOURNE! - Kirsti told me to read this and said it got Melbourne exactly right, so I got into the atmosphere pretty quickly. It's very descriptive and immersive and I felt like I was there.
- DIVERSITY - Watts and Mycroft's friends were ethnically diverse (Mai was Vietnamese and Gus was Sudanese), which I LOVED because YAY! Diversity in books! Also, poverty and homelessness is handled well and I appreciated that. Homeless Dave was never treated like less than a person by Watts and Mycroft or the police. I see a lot of discrimination against the homeless in the US and it breaks my heart.
What I wasn't into:
- The pacing - It took me until roughly 61% of the book to get into it at all, and even when I did, it wasn't like "OMG I HAVE to know what happens". I usually have to be sucked into a book immediately to love it.
- The mystery itself - The problem with reading a bunch of murder thrillers, watching Criminal Minds, and studying behavior analysis is that I'm very good at solving crimes and I'm also a bit jaded. I usually solve the crime in a book early in (like I did with this one), but usually the process still interests me. Not so with this one. I read more for Wattscroft than of any interest in the mystery.
Overall, I did enjoy this and ship Wattscroft like crazy, but it wasn't my favorite. It makes me feel horrible, though, cause so many of my friends adored it.
Black sheep, party of one.
What I loved:
-WATTSCROFT - These two are HOT HOT HOT and one of my favorite parts of the book. You can see the chemistry practically smoldering off of the page, and I spent most of the time waiting for them to kiss (despite being a tad squicked out because of Mycroft's smokers breath).
-MELBOURNE! - Kirsti told me to read this and said it got Melbourne exactly right, so I got into the atmosphere pretty quickly. It's very descriptive and immersive and I felt like I was there.
- DIVERSITY - Watts and Mycroft's friends were ethnically diverse (Mai was Vietnamese and Gus was Sudanese), which I LOVED because YAY! Diversity in books! Also, poverty and homelessness is handled well and I appreciated that. Homeless Dave was never treated like less than a person by Watts and Mycroft or the police. I see a lot of discrimination against the homeless in the US and it breaks my heart.
What I wasn't into:
- The pacing - It took me until roughly 61% of the book to get into it at all, and even when I did, it wasn't like "OMG I HAVE to know what happens". I usually have to be sucked into a book immediately to love it.
- The mystery itself - The problem with reading a bunch of murder thrillers, watching Criminal Minds, and studying behavior analysis is that I'm very good at solving crimes and I'm also a bit jaded. I usually solve the crime in a book early in (like I did with this one), but usually the process still interests me. Not so with this one. I read more for Wattscroft than of any interest in the mystery.
Overall, I did enjoy this and ship Wattscroft like crazy, but it wasn't my favorite. It makes me feel horrible, though, cause so many of my friends adored it.
Black sheep, party of one.