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Storm Warning
by David Bell
Thank you to Berkley Books, @Berkley and Netgalley @Netgalley for this e-arc. All thoughts are my own.
I love a good storm book, so was excited to dive into this one. I will have to caveat this review by saying I don’t live on the coast with Hurricanes, so certain things may strike me as odd, but they really aren’t for those who normally encounter them. I did my best effort to ask my friends who live in Florida about their experiences with hurricanes for context, but again, this is all secondhand knowledge.
I will say that if there was a hurricane headed straight for the small island I lived on, I’d be hightailing it out of there! But, things get delayed and Jake goes back and discovers a dead body. This leads to not making it out and having to deal with not only the hurricane, but knowing there is a killer on the loose.
The writing was immersive and descriptive, which did make me feel like I was experiencing the book with the characters. However, the actual plot seemed to be slow and lacking. I struggle when things happen, but they just happen to fill space, and that seemed to be the case here. I also thought there wasn’t a ton of substantive weight that was given to the particular killer threat, and when they did find the killer, it was just nicely wrapped up and everyone was happy and had a nice day. It was almost too much of a tidy ending to me, I prefer things to be a little messier or ambiguous.
I still grappled with most of the story because things seemed so outlandish to be. I could have used some more information into how storms have historically handled the island. I think information like that would have added to my reading journey and brought me more enjoyment.
I love a good storm book, so was excited to dive into this one. I will have to caveat this review by saying I don’t live on the coast with Hurricanes, so certain things may strike me as odd, but they really aren’t for those who normally encounter them. I did my best effort to ask my friends who live in Florida about their experiences with hurricanes for context, but again, this is all secondhand knowledge.
I will say that if there was a hurricane headed straight for the small island I lived on, I’d be hightailing it out of there! But, things get delayed and Jake goes back and discovers a dead body. This leads to not making it out and having to deal with not only the hurricane, but knowing there is a killer on the loose.
The writing was immersive and descriptive, which did make me feel like I was experiencing the book with the characters. However, the actual plot seemed to be slow and lacking. I struggle when things happen, but they just happen to fill space, and that seemed to be the case here. I also thought there wasn’t a ton of substantive weight that was given to the particular killer threat, and when they did find the killer, it was just nicely wrapped up and everyone was happy and had a nice day. It was almost too much of a tidy ending to me, I prefer things to be a little messier or ambiguous.
I still grappled with most of the story because things seemed so outlandish to be. I could have used some more information into how storms have historically handled the island. I think information like that would have added to my reading journey and brought me more enjoyment.