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Review Date: 6/15/2017
I try to give a book a chance and I got about half way into this one BUT--
Britt is newspaper reporter on the police beat, so you'd think it would be fairly good, she is also half Cuban and this takes place in Florida, so that being mentioned-a lot of it is about Cuba in some way or another which I didn't find interesting at all, too many words in Cuban that is just a distraction and adds nothing to the book, then too many things are going on to where it was just a confusing mess to me.
One minute you're reading the main story (I think) of the missing boys (which was why I got this book from the library), then it flips to another side story for a few pages, then it flips to her personal life and her mother, then it flips to another story about Cuba, then it flips to another side story, then it gets back to the missing boys for a few pages then it just starts over again and again, so there are just too many side stories happening and makes for a mess.
Don't think I'll try anymore by her.
Britt is newspaper reporter on the police beat, so you'd think it would be fairly good, she is also half Cuban and this takes place in Florida, so that being mentioned-a lot of it is about Cuba in some way or another which I didn't find interesting at all, too many words in Cuban that is just a distraction and adds nothing to the book, then too many things are going on to where it was just a confusing mess to me.
One minute you're reading the main story (I think) of the missing boys (which was why I got this book from the library), then it flips to another side story for a few pages, then it flips to her personal life and her mother, then it flips to another story about Cuba, then it flips to another side story, then it gets back to the missing boys for a few pages then it just starts over again and again, so there are just too many side stories happening and makes for a mess.
Don't think I'll try anymore by her.
Review Date: 4/7/2016
I know this was a 'legal' thriller? thriller? not in my book it isn't, it is a long drawn out 500+ pages of boredom, I made it to page 200 and by that time I was just tired of tiring to keep reading, the story is so slow and unfolds so slow and I get tired of courtroom 'scenes', the personal side of the story about the lawyer didn't keep my interest enough to know what her 'secret' was and I didn't care---I gave up
Review Date: 4/8/2012
Kind of a hard book to review--it moves back and forth from the year 1994 one chapter then to 2005 the next chapter and that is the way this story is written, it isn't confusing and it kept my attention but it was hard to understand exactly where it was going and why. Being considered a Christian concept I guess it shows how you can change from the college drunken fun boy to the grown up responsible man.
Review Date: 7/16/2019
WOW! what a surprise! I was hooked from the beginning (that is good writing!) and as the story progresses it sounds more like a syfy story but it will grab you and hold you until the last page!
This is a debut novel by Meritt and I'm looking for more as long as he can hold my interest like this one.
This is a debut novel by Meritt and I'm looking for more as long as he can hold my interest like this one.
Review Date: 11/2/2013
Took this off my wishlist because I can only find it in German, so beware of that fact before you order it.
Review Date: 9/10/2023
I was a huge Koontz fan in the beginning of his writing career but now? NOT!!
I've tried several times to read his books but he's just gone off the deep end with big words, preaching about everything and going off track, this books is no exception to all of that, it took me a while to figure out what was going on with Michael but then it was unbelievable, the plot of the gangbangers after the boy just got tedious with the slang talk and again the preaching and inserting short stories not related, then there is the assassin after Michael and again it's inserting short stories not related and using big words you can't possibly know without looking them up and who wants to do that?
Koontz hasn't been on my reading list for years and still won't be again, his writing is terrible and his stories are mostly just ridiculous
I'm sure I'll be in the minority but to each their own and if you like this book then good for you
I've tried several times to read his books but he's just gone off the deep end with big words, preaching about everything and going off track, this books is no exception to all of that, it took me a while to figure out what was going on with Michael but then it was unbelievable, the plot of the gangbangers after the boy just got tedious with the slang talk and again the preaching and inserting short stories not related, then there is the assassin after Michael and again it's inserting short stories not related and using big words you can't possibly know without looking them up and who wants to do that?
Koontz hasn't been on my reading list for years and still won't be again, his writing is terrible and his stories are mostly just ridiculous
I'm sure I'll be in the minority but to each their own and if you like this book then good for you
Review Date: 8/4/2010
Wow! Great book!
All-American Murder: The Stunning True Story of Aaron Hernandez (aka The Patriot)
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Review Date: 2/10/2018
I'm not a big football fan but this is a story that caught the attention of the world, I think it is well written(a few typos but who cares), it gives a good insight into his life and why he went the direction he did, too bad his family couldn't help him when he was young and steer him right.
Review Date: 6/26/2021
I'm giving this a weak 3 rating
1. way way too long almost 500 pages and most is just endless commentary that means nothing
2. relationship between Grace and Joseph doesn't add much to the storyline, it was more interesting when Grace was alone and turned to other 'means' for release
3. storyline just wasn't thrilling, it had a theme that I've read before and it just seemed to drag out
4. it has a lot of repeat that just makes it drag out longer it needs to, instead of making a thriller of a story it is more of just laid back commentary and why insert so much about Charlie's pregnancy? boring
I have liked this series in the first books but lately the last couple have been real duds and making it hard to want to read more but I'll continue and hope Arlidge will listen to reviewers and write a more thrilling storyline instead of a mess like this one
1. way way too long almost 500 pages and most is just endless commentary that means nothing
2. relationship between Grace and Joseph doesn't add much to the storyline, it was more interesting when Grace was alone and turned to other 'means' for release
3. storyline just wasn't thrilling, it had a theme that I've read before and it just seemed to drag out
4. it has a lot of repeat that just makes it drag out longer it needs to, instead of making a thriller of a story it is more of just laid back commentary and why insert so much about Charlie's pregnancy? boring
I have liked this series in the first books but lately the last couple have been real duds and making it hard to want to read more but I'll continue and hope Arlidge will listen to reviewers and write a more thrilling storyline instead of a mess like this one
Review Date: 11/4/2023
This turned out to be a mind blowing story!
It is well written, engages you from the beginning but when you get to the main points, which are several twists, you won't put it down!
It is well written, engages you from the beginning but when you get to the main points, which are several twists, you won't put it down!
Review Date: 8/6/2023
Really liked the show Homicide Hunter, it was about the cases Joe Kenda had during his time in Colorado Springs as a detective, the show came to an end after 9 seasons and he said it was because the rest of his cases were to horrific for TV
My very low rating for this book is mainly because it is just confusing, in the beginning of the book Kenda states that it is not 'true' but fiction but he has himself in it as a rookie detective, so from that point the book is just a mismash of short stories in between trying to solve the main case of murder, it also jumps around in the locations along with more 'short stories'
I finally got tired of the tedious reading of the confusing mess and gave it up
I think Kenda could probably write a great murder story if he'd just leave out all the 'short' stories as sidelines
My very low rating for this book is mainly because it is just confusing, in the beginning of the book Kenda states that it is not 'true' but fiction but he has himself in it as a rookie detective, so from that point the book is just a mismash of short stories in between trying to solve the main case of murder, it also jumps around in the locations along with more 'short stories'
I finally got tired of the tedious reading of the confusing mess and gave it up
I think Kenda could probably write a great murder story if he'd just leave out all the 'short' stories as sidelines
Review Date: 1/10/2023
There was one rating at this time and it was 1/2 star
I almost gave it a 2 rating but I'll give it a 3
The story is very slow, I wouldn't call it a thriller so I'd just stick with mystery
It has 2 themes, one is the secret Molly carries and one is the death of her husband Jay
It takes pages and pages before you even get a hint of anything, then with that hint you think 'here we go' but no, it takes pages and pages for another hint to move the story a little, I almost gave up as I don't like slow moving stories but I opted for skipping and skimming and got the whole story without needing to read all the police investigation or all the 'thoughts' pages
I'd only recommend it for a rainy day or beach and be aware that it moves very slow and is not a thriller
I almost gave it a 2 rating but I'll give it a 3
The story is very slow, I wouldn't call it a thriller so I'd just stick with mystery
It has 2 themes, one is the secret Molly carries and one is the death of her husband Jay
It takes pages and pages before you even get a hint of anything, then with that hint you think 'here we go' but no, it takes pages and pages for another hint to move the story a little, I almost gave up as I don't like slow moving stories but I opted for skipping and skimming and got the whole story without needing to read all the police investigation or all the 'thoughts' pages
I'd only recommend it for a rainy day or beach and be aware that it moves very slow and is not a thriller
Review Date: 8/28/2022
Before/after, now/then format---hate that
Bratty teenagers with snobbish parents
not for me!
Bratty teenagers with snobbish parents
not for me!
Review Date: 6/26/2023
terrible writing! lots of words but boring book
Review Date: 8/16/2019
This book was so stupid, had stupid characters with no sense at all and the storyline was ridiculous and just stupid
I doubt I ever try anymore by Furniss!
I doubt I ever try anymore by Furniss!
Review Date: 10/13/2019
I debated on a 1* or a 2* rating but actually I didn't like it at all
This entire book is from the POV of a 7 yr. old girl that 'mind talks' to her toy horse but yet according to the storyline she is very smart like Sheldon (Big Bang Theory), but yet it gets very tiresome reading from the POV of a child and all the words in CAPITAL letters? I don't know what was up with that and what that was supposed to mean because usually that means 'shouting' in text or email talk, doesn't it?
anyway, I got to just over the half mark and I just couldn't continue it was boring and childish, I quit so I can't even tell you how it ended because I didn't care.
This entire book is from the POV of a 7 yr. old girl that 'mind talks' to her toy horse but yet according to the storyline she is very smart like Sheldon (Big Bang Theory), but yet it gets very tiresome reading from the POV of a child and all the words in CAPITAL letters? I don't know what was up with that and what that was supposed to mean because usually that means 'shouting' in text or email talk, doesn't it?
anyway, I got to just over the half mark and I just couldn't continue it was boring and childish, I quit so I can't even tell you how it ended because I didn't care.
Review Date: 7/15/2016
Everyone has the right to their own opinion--
I found this to be very slow and very boring and I didn't like the format at all!
This is written backwards, once you get past the 'start' of the story then it goes to day 15 then goes back to day 14, so on and so on, it wasn't suspenseful or a thriller but just a confusing slow and boring story if you can endure it.
I found this to be very slow and very boring and I didn't like the format at all!
This is written backwards, once you get past the 'start' of the story then it goes to day 15 then goes back to day 14, so on and so on, it wasn't suspenseful or a thriller but just a confusing slow and boring story if you can endure it.
Review Date: 1/5/2022
I see this had only a 1.6 rating but no one left reasons so----
I think the description lets you think this is about a serial killer? NOT!
Yes, there is a serial killer but the main story isn't about that and it only comes in like a subplot to keep you guessing
The main story is just another family drama---
Paige is the main character, Joyce her mother who is having a life crisis at the age of 70, Heather the cousin who stole her boyfriend and is the bitch of the book, Chole her best friend with a cheating husband---
so the story centers around these people and the serial killer (who you never know his real name, only as Mr. Right Now) is trying to entice Paige into a date (from a dating site) so he can torchure and kill her
The story is just family drama but it held my interest to the end as I wanted to know if he got Paige or Heather in his lair and yes he does and then it just ends so you have to fill in your own ending
I think the description lets you think this is about a serial killer? NOT!
Yes, there is a serial killer but the main story isn't about that and it only comes in like a subplot to keep you guessing
The main story is just another family drama---
Paige is the main character, Joyce her mother who is having a life crisis at the age of 70, Heather the cousin who stole her boyfriend and is the bitch of the book, Chole her best friend with a cheating husband---
so the story centers around these people and the serial killer (who you never know his real name, only as Mr. Right Now) is trying to entice Paige into a date (from a dating site) so he can torchure and kill her
The story is just family drama but it held my interest to the end as I wanted to know if he got Paige or Heather in his lair and yes he does and then it just ends so you have to fill in your own ending
Review Date: 5/13/2018
Oh my gosh! This is one of the most terrible written books I've ever tried to read! Taking place in the UK this author seemed to think it necessary to use stupid phrases and slang but it just make for an irritating read, which I just couldn't finish it was so so boring, it has so much descriptions about everything and I mean everything under the sun, from the time he opens his eyes and putting his right foot on the floor and taking a step toward the bathroom---get the picture? It is so riddled with those kind of descriptions that the story is so boring, if it had been a shorter and tighter story keeping it interesting on every page it would probably be a good read but for me I just couldn't get past page 100, like trudging through mud!
Review Date: 4/7/2021
This is the first installment of a new series with Elizabeth 'Bet' Rivers as sheriff of a small town replacing her father after he dies
Okay, so as the story unfolds a dead body is pulled from the lake by a college professor, and here it goes:
1. concern she can't fill her father's shoes
2. concern the deputy will win the election over her even though he hasn't enough experience
3. concern over taking over the dog
4. concern she won't do the job right
5. many characters from the past at times hard to keep track of who is who
6. concerns 1,2,3,4, again
7. enter the old timers that left town and now are back? why?
8. concerns 1,2,3,4 again
9. slow investigation, by the middle of the book I didn't care anymore who the dead girl was
10. concerns 1,2,3,4 again
So, get the drift? so I'd consider this boring!
Okay, so as the story unfolds a dead body is pulled from the lake by a college professor, and here it goes:
1. concern she can't fill her father's shoes
2. concern the deputy will win the election over her even though he hasn't enough experience
3. concern over taking over the dog
4. concern she won't do the job right
5. many characters from the past at times hard to keep track of who is who
6. concerns 1,2,3,4, again
7. enter the old timers that left town and now are back? why?
8. concerns 1,2,3,4 again
9. slow investigation, by the middle of the book I didn't care anymore who the dead girl was
10. concerns 1,2,3,4 again
So, get the drift? so I'd consider this boring!
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