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litwithleigh 's review for:
All the Dark Places
by Terri Parlato
Thank you Kensington Books for my gifted copy in exchange for an honest review. IYKYK, my reviews are always honest.
2.5 rounded up to a 3
One sentence review: A lil shaky
SYNOPSIS
Molly wakes up after her husband's birthday party to find him ded af with his throat slashed. As Detective Rita looks into his murder, Molly's past begins to catch up with her.
MY OPINION
If I didn't know Terri Parlato was a debut author, I wouldn't have been surprised to learn so after I finished reading. This is what I expect a debut to be like: 50% basic, cliche thriller writing and 50% of solid writing that I hope is indicative of her true talents. You could tell Terri was trying to hit the "markers" of the genre, which left some sections and events feeling forced. But then she'd write some bangerlicious and insightful moments. This made it tough for me to rate it. I'm interested to see what she comes out with next. Will she go the more traditional, popcorn thriller route or carve her own path with unique prose? DUN DUN DUNNNN
Anyways. One particular "moment of greatness" was Rita and her drawing habit. I found this an interesting character trait that I haven't seen in other books (not saying it doesn't exist, so chillax), but it wasn't totally flushed out. It would've been cool if the drawings were used to solve the case. It felt kinda lame when she was like yeah drawing calms me down and that was it. If this is a series, hopefully the drawing quirk becomes more integral to her crime solving process.
Now ya'll know I keep it a stack, so I need to tell you about the not so great moments. When Molly adopts Sadie and decides she's gonna be her emotional support dog so she orders her a service dog vest off Amazon and viola
2.5 rounded up to a 3
One sentence review: A lil shaky
SYNOPSIS
Molly wakes up after her husband's birthday party to find him ded af with his throat slashed. As Detective Rita looks into his murder, Molly's past begins to catch up with her.
MY OPINION
If I didn't know Terri Parlato was a debut author, I wouldn't have been surprised to learn so after I finished reading. This is what I expect a debut to be like: 50% basic, cliche thriller writing and 50% of solid writing that I hope is indicative of her true talents. You could tell Terri was trying to hit the "markers" of the genre, which left some sections and events feeling forced. But then she'd write some bangerlicious and insightful moments. This made it tough for me to rate it. I'm interested to see what she comes out with next. Will she go the more traditional, popcorn thriller route or carve her own path with unique prose? DUN DUN DUNNNN
Anyways. One particular "moment of greatness" was Rita and her drawing habit. I found this an interesting character trait that I haven't seen in other books (not saying it doesn't exist, so chillax), but it wasn't totally flushed out. It would've been cool if the drawings were used to solve the case. It felt kinda lame when she was like yeah drawing calms me down and that was it. If this is a series, hopefully the drawing quirk becomes more integral to her crime solving process.
Now ya'll know I keep it a stack, so I need to tell you about the not so great moments. When Molly adopts Sadie and decides she's gonna be her emotional support dog so she orders her a service dog vest off Amazon and viola