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agnexperience 's review for:
The Quiet People
by Paul Cleave
The 7-year-old son of two crime writers goes missing. His parents had previously bragged about perfect crimes, so the suspicion now lies on them. We follow the father and one of the detectives trying to make sense of it all.
If it wasn't a crime story, I would have dnf-d it. It's not that it is horrible, but I don't enjoy it when I know that the pay-off will be a bit too far-fetched. Convoluted is my new favourite word when describing crime books that try to do too much and go crazy.
The structure is also problematic - some things are described in the prologue that took away from my enjoyment of the plot.
As for the positives - I think the father's emotinal journey was interesting, even though his reactions were too much again.
If it wasn't a crime story, I would have dnf-d it. It's not that it is horrible, but I don't enjoy it when I know that the pay-off will be a bit too far-fetched. Convoluted is my new favourite word when describing crime books that try to do too much and go crazy.
The structure is also problematic - some things are described in the prologue that took away from my enjoyment of the plot.
As for the positives - I think the father's emotinal journey was interesting, even though his reactions were too much again.