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Seven Days
by Robert Rutherford
Lawyer Alice's estranged father is due to be executed on death row in seven days, and despite her reservations and years of hurt, she investigates the case when he claims to be innocent.
This thriller started off well, but it lost me a bit around mid-way. I found it became repetitive and was recapping the same info we already knew by this point. I also found the random chapters in a different POV confusing and they could have been clearly demarcated to prevent this, especially as it's written in third-person. I also found that beginning each chapter with how many days til execution actually slowed the pace and any sense of urgency/tension for me, when you’re several chapters in and still on day 1 The intensity picks up around 80% but felt a bit silly, and I feel the action could've been described a little clearer. The ending was quite over-dramatic and we got a fairly obvious outcome, tied with a convenient killer bow
I think this was a cool premise, but it wasn't gripping me. I think there was too much going to ask x person then y person and reviewing what we know, plus police incompetence/failure. I'd say it was an average thriller/mystery on the whole. Thank you to netgalley for the arc.
This thriller started off well, but it lost me a bit around mid-way. I found it became repetitive and was recapping the same info we already knew by this point. I also found the random chapters in a different POV confusing and they could have been clearly demarcated to prevent this, especially as it's written in third-person. I also found that beginning each chapter with how many days til execution actually slowed the pace and any sense of urgency/tension for me, when you’re several chapters in and still on day 1 The intensity picks up around 80% but felt a bit silly, and I feel the action could've been described a little clearer. The ending was quite over-dramatic and we got a fairly obvious outcome, tied with a convenient killer bow
I think this was a cool premise, but it wasn't gripping me. I think there was too much going to ask x person then y person and reviewing what we know, plus police incompetence/failure. I'd say it was an average thriller/mystery on the whole. Thank you to netgalley for the arc.