A review by mfeibel
All the Dark Places by Terri Parlato

3.0

This book was alright. I acknowledge that I listened to parts of it late at night so maybe missed things but it also was a little confusing.

There were too many characters introduced right at the start and I kept forgetting who the couples were. Cal being the culprit because he was obsessed with Molly (Melinda's) case/abduction but also because he was her captor's half-brother seemed like it came out of nowhere.

I fell for the "Josh killing Jay to keep his affair secret" red herring and hoped that meant something else had gone on at the lodge with Annelise. But...nope. It was all just Cal. Which is fine but also felt like we had no hope of guessing it.

I didn't love how pretty much every middle-aged character besides Rita was described as heavy or with "an ample lap" or whatnot. It felt gross to constantly bring up their weight.

Another issue I had was that, with so many chapters, I expected this book to be very fast-paced and it simply wasn't. In fact, most of the chapters just ended randomly and anti-climactically. Which was kind of boring.

Molly just making her dog an emotional support animal with a vest from Amazon was completely hilarious, though.

All in all, it was a totally fine thriller that didn't do a lot for me. 2.5 rounded up.