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madjuliet 's review for:
Fierce Kingdom
by Gin Phillips
I wanted to like this book a lot more than I actually liked it. It takes place in a zoo, an unusual location for a thriller.
It’s mostly told from the point of view of a mother who is “trapped” in the zoo after hours. I use quotation marks because I think she could have worked her way to the entrance but chose to hide instead.
There were a few other points of few that showed up later in the story, and I felt that these were a distraction and didn’t really add anything to the story.
I liked the relationship between the mother and her young son. I didn’t like some of the choices that she made, but the choices did make me stop and consider what choices I would make in a similar circumstance. I’d like to think I would make different choices, but that also makes me wonder what the outcome of those decisions would be.
The reader should have strong feelings about the bad guy - hate, loathing, fear, curiosity, anger, intimidation, even sadness or pity. I didn’t really care in this case.
Overall while the character development of the main character and her son was well written, the plot had some major holes and I wasn’t impressed by any of the other characters in the story.
It’s mostly told from the point of view of a mother who is “trapped” in the zoo after hours. I use quotation marks because I think she could have worked her way to the entrance but chose to hide instead.
There were a few other points of few that showed up later in the story, and I felt that these were a distraction and didn’t really add anything to the story.
I liked the relationship between the mother and her young son. I didn’t like some of the choices that she made, but the choices did make me stop and consider what choices I would make in a similar circumstance. I’d like to think I would make different choices, but that also makes me wonder what the outcome of those decisions would be.
The reader should have strong feelings about the bad guy - hate, loathing, fear, curiosity, anger, intimidation, even sadness or pity. I didn’t really care in this case.
Overall while the character development of the main character and her son was well written, the plot had some major holes and I wasn’t impressed by any of the other characters in the story.