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A review by jersy
Wolf by Mo Hayder
4.0
This was my first thriller in years and after reading this I wouldn't mind reading another one some time soon.
I totally enjoyed the POV of the family, it was super exiting and I was genuinely afraid what would happen to them. They were interesting enough people that I cared, but didn't care too much so I would be distressed by their suffering. I also enjoyed how we got the perspective from everyone inside that house.
The detectives POV, however, I didn't care too much about it. It had some interesting dialogs, which saved it for me, but I felt I was missing context from previous books in the series and found it somehow funny how every female felt the need to hit on Caffery. I don't know if that's a running gag or we're supposed to just accept it but I had my fun with it. All in all, his segments just weren't as interesting as the actual crime happening.
While I had to suspend my disbelief a little for the setting to work (why would anyone come back to a place such tragic events happend) I didn't feel like I had to do that for the actual plot.
This book has some scenes/details/dialogs that I think will prove to be memorable, maybe more than the actual story. For a moment near the ending, I wasn't sure if I liked the direction it was going but actually the final reveal lead to a look in someone's head I didn't notice I knew very few about. I wish there was even more from that person's perspective, since they seemed really dark and twisted, but I see why from a story-telling perspective this is all that we could get.
A very small nitpick I need to mention is that the chapter titles felt lackluster or sloppy, I think some chapters even had the exact same names. Maybe there's something more behind it I didn't get. However, this had no effect on my enjoyment of this.
I totally enjoyed the POV of the family, it was super exiting and I was genuinely afraid what would happen to them. They were interesting enough people that I cared, but didn't care too much so I would be distressed by their suffering. I also enjoyed how we got the perspective from everyone inside that house.
The detectives POV, however, I didn't care too much about it. It had some interesting dialogs, which saved it for me, but I felt I was missing context from previous books in the series and found it somehow funny how every female felt the need to hit on Caffery. I don't know if that's a running gag or we're supposed to just accept it but I had my fun with it. All in all, his segments just weren't as interesting as the actual crime happening.
While I had to suspend my disbelief a little for the setting to work (why would anyone come back to a place such tragic events happend) I didn't feel like I had to do that for the actual plot.
This book has some scenes/details/dialogs that I think will prove to be memorable, maybe more than the actual story. For a moment near the ending, I wasn't sure if I liked the direction it was going but actually the final reveal lead to a look in someone's head I didn't notice I knew very few about. I wish there was even more from that person's perspective, since they seemed really dark and twisted, but I see why from a story-telling perspective this is all that we could get.
A very small nitpick I need to mention is that the chapter titles felt lackluster or sloppy, I think some chapters even had the exact same names. Maybe there's something more behind it I didn't get. However, this had no effect on my enjoyment of this.