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The Chemist
by Stephenie Meyer
First & foremost: Stephenie Meyer is my favorite author so I might be a little bias, but at least I'm saying that before I begin the review.
If you're not a Stephenie Meyer or Twilight fan, I would actually recommend this book. Her usual genre is Fantasy, specifically Young Adult, but this is something very different from her usual forte. The Chemist is a Suspense Thriller. Some would call it a "Spy Novel" but our main character isn't specifically a spy so I don't think I would call it that.
When I first started this book, I couldn't get into it. I don't think I really started enjoying it until the fourth chapter, but that was because it's not the genre I read EVER. Stephenie Meyer's writing is absolutely beautiful as always & that's what kept me around. Once I met Daniel Beach, I was hooked. Stephenie has such a way of making you fall in love with characters. No one will ever compare to Edward Cullen for me, but if it's another male love interest created by her, I'm definitely captivated in some way.
If you're into "dangerous love" then read this book!! When I think about all of Meyer's books, I realize that she is SO talented about writing dangerous love. If you're not a romance fan: this could still be the book for you. Again, this book is a Suspense Thriller, not a Romance but it does involve romance. I would say the romance is about 30% of the book (just an estimate).
The reasons it's not five stars is because I had one or two setbacks. One: the book can be confusing at times especially in the beginning. There's a lot of words used that you would only know of if you had a specialty in things like guns or chemistry. Obviously those types of people would know what was going on, but since I know about neither of those things I found myself a little confused and would even google to understand what was being said. Two: a lot of the time, it is assumed that the reader knows what's going on like the upcoming plan or random character names that we know nothing about. There's two or three instances where the characters come up with a plan in order to stay alive. The only problem was, you don't know the plan until the characters are fulfilling it. I like having to guess what's going on in books sometimes, but this was a reoccurring theme that I did not enjoy as much.
For example, there were many pages where it is assumed the reader knows what the writer is talking about when in reality you wouldn't understand until chapters later. There are some characters whose names are said, but you never actually see them. I rarely have a problem with this, but for example, the main character talks about Joey Giancardi a lot, but you don't know who he was or why he was relevant until the end of the book. These are minor problems, but just know it is throughout the whole book.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. There were times I was really hooked and had to read five chapters at a time & others where I got stuck and didn't want to read that day for whatever reason. Again, I think this is because I don't read this genre normally, but if Stephenie Meyer were to come out with another Suspense Thriller, I would definitely get my hands on it!
If you're not a Stephenie Meyer or Twilight fan, I would actually recommend this book. Her usual genre is Fantasy, specifically Young Adult, but this is something very different from her usual forte. The Chemist is a Suspense Thriller. Some would call it a "Spy Novel" but our main character isn't specifically a spy so I don't think I would call it that.
When I first started this book, I couldn't get into it. I don't think I really started enjoying it until the fourth chapter, but that was because it's not the genre I read EVER. Stephenie Meyer's writing is absolutely beautiful as always & that's what kept me around. Once I met Daniel Beach, I was hooked. Stephenie has such a way of making you fall in love with characters. No one will ever compare to Edward Cullen for me, but if it's another male love interest created by her, I'm definitely captivated in some way.
If you're into "dangerous love" then read this book!! When I think about all of Meyer's books, I realize that she is SO talented about writing dangerous love. If you're not a romance fan: this could still be the book for you. Again, this book is a Suspense Thriller, not a Romance but it does involve romance. I would say the romance is about 30% of the book (just an estimate).
The reasons it's not five stars is because I had one or two setbacks. One: the book can be confusing at times especially in the beginning. There's a lot of words used that you would only know of if you had a specialty in things like guns or chemistry. Obviously those types of people would know what was going on, but since I know about neither of those things I found myself a little confused and would even google to understand what was being said. Two: a lot of the time, it is assumed that the reader knows what's going on like the upcoming plan or random character names that we know nothing about. There's two or three instances where the characters come up with a plan in order to stay alive. The only problem was, you don't know the plan until the characters are fulfilling it. I like having to guess what's going on in books sometimes, but this was a reoccurring theme that I did not enjoy as much.
For example, there were many pages where it is assumed the reader knows what the writer is talking about when in reality you wouldn't understand until chapters later. There are some characters whose names are said, but you never actually see them. I rarely have a problem with this, but for example, the main character talks about Joey Giancardi a lot, but you don't know who he was or why he was relevant until the end of the book. These are minor problems, but just know it is throughout the whole book.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. There were times I was really hooked and had to read five chapters at a time & others where I got stuck and didn't want to read that day for whatever reason. Again, I think this is because I don't read this genre normally, but if Stephenie Meyer were to come out with another Suspense Thriller, I would definitely get my hands on it!