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A review by lalelo8
Safe by Ryan Gattis
4.0
This is the perfect book to devour in one sitting.
At first, I found Safe slightly difficult to follow but I put this down to not being familiar with the environment in which it's set. However, as I kept reading I was sucked into the gritty underworld of LA gang culture. I was pleasantly surprised to find it was far more than just a "heist novel", instead taking me on a roller-coaster of emotions. There are plenty of twists in the tale and some you do not see coming.
There are only a couple of minor things which stopped me from giving it 5 stars. The chapter structure is snappy to keep the pace, but this meant I couldn't just pick up the book whenever I had a spare few mins - it looks me that long to figure out which perspective I was in. I would have preferred longer chapters or something to remind me who I was following when starting a new chapter which followed the same protagonist. Therefore, I would recommend picking this up when you have time the finish it in as few sittings as possible.
At first, I found Safe slightly difficult to follow but I put this down to not being familiar with the environment in which it's set. However, as I kept reading I was sucked into the gritty underworld of LA gang culture. I was pleasantly surprised to find it was far more than just a "heist novel", instead taking me on a roller-coaster of emotions. There are plenty of twists in the tale and some you do not see coming.
There are only a couple of minor things which stopped me from giving it 5 stars. The chapter structure is snappy to keep the pace, but this meant I couldn't just pick up the book whenever I had a spare few mins - it looks me that long to figure out which perspective I was in. I would have preferred longer chapters or something to remind me who I was following when starting a new chapter which followed the same protagonist. Therefore, I would recommend picking this up when you have time the finish it in as few sittings as possible.