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A review by terhol
Freeform by Jack Dickson
4.0
This book was a bit different from the gay detective stories I usually read – and it was a really pleasant surprise. It was more thriller-ish, more raw, and it wasn’t afraid to show the less nice sides of life and people – 4 stars from me and I certainly plan to read other 2 books from this series.
The pace of the book was little bit slow from the beginning, and it took me quite a long to get to the half of the book. But then came the second half, and I could not tear myself away from it. It was fast paced, full of interesting twists and kept my attention till the end.
The detective plot itself was solid – at the beginning I was little bit afraid that it will be more about catching the culprit than finding out who it was, but no worries, it gets more interesting than that. I haven’t expected the ending (even though I could, from some hints in the story), which is always a great plus for me.
The biggest treat though were the characters. It’s been a long time since I read such complex and believable characters, people with their mistakes, dark and ugly sides. The author did a great job here!
So, why 4 stars? The plot was solid, characters really great, sex scenes really good – on the other hand, I would prefer the book to catch my attention right from the beginning, and I wasn’t really happy about some things right at the end – they were logical, but they seemed for me like the author chose the easy way out of solving some parts of the plot.
Who would I recommend this book to? Anyone who likes good mystery/thriller, who isn’t really into fluffy happy stories about world with no violence and homophobia and prefers touch of reality.
And a side note: as a non-native speaker of English, it was challenging for me at the beginning to read characters with Scottish accent – but I got used to after few chapters and I appreciated it as a nice touch at the end.
The pace of the book was little bit slow from the beginning, and it took me quite a long to get to the half of the book. But then came the second half, and I could not tear myself away from it. It was fast paced, full of interesting twists and kept my attention till the end.
The detective plot itself was solid – at the beginning I was little bit afraid that it will be more about catching the culprit than finding out who it was, but no worries, it gets more interesting than that. I haven’t expected the ending (even though I could, from some hints in the story), which is always a great plus for me.
The biggest treat though were the characters. It’s been a long time since I read such complex and believable characters, people with their mistakes, dark and ugly sides. The author did a great job here!
So, why 4 stars? The plot was solid, characters really great, sex scenes really good – on the other hand, I would prefer the book to catch my attention right from the beginning, and I wasn’t really happy about some things right at the end – they were logical, but they seemed for me like the author chose the easy way out of solving some parts of the plot.
Who would I recommend this book to? Anyone who likes good mystery/thriller, who isn’t really into fluffy happy stories about world with no violence and homophobia and prefers touch of reality.
And a side note: as a non-native speaker of English, it was challenging for me at the beginning to read characters with Scottish accent – but I got used to after few chapters and I appreciated it as a nice touch at the end.