A review by jdcorley
Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

You get what the novel is after about a quarter of the way in, and there are whole chapters that can be skipped. We get it a lot faster than Joe does; the mystery isn't that complex. In the end it feels padded more than it feels like an in depth character study.