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strmywthr3's review against another edition
4.0
Much better than the last book in the series by getting back to the original premise of helping the lost. I didn't see the twist coming at the end. very good read!
I received an arc from Netgalley.
I received an arc from Netgalley.
wendy_books's review against another edition
4.0
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of Hunting Time by Jeffery Deaver in return for my honest review.
This is the first Colter Shaw book I’ve read, Hunting Time is the forth book in the series but it can defiantly be read as a standalone, it is a well written fast paced thriller with some great characters, I will defiantly be checking out the previous books in this series.
This is the first Colter Shaw book I’ve read, Hunting Time is the forth book in the series but it can defiantly be read as a standalone, it is a well written fast paced thriller with some great characters, I will defiantly be checking out the previous books in this series.
uberwench's review against another edition
3.0
No Colter Shaw is complete unless he shows a minor how to shoot to kill
schnick's review against another edition
3.0
Ein typischer Deaver: nicht wirklich schlecht, nicht wirklich gut und der Twist am Ende gehört bei ih dazu, egal ob er Sinn ergibt oder nicht. Er ist quasi der M. Night Shyamalan des Buchs.
lhart22's review against another edition
2.0
The key to deception is subtlety. While Jeffrey Deaver has certainly mastered the art of deception in this book, the latter he hasn’t.
After enjoying the first three books in the Colter Shaw series. I can’t help but feel let down by the fourth offering. After reading and enjoying the previous trio I was excited to start Hunting Time.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite the same. While certain traits and characteristics remained, it stretched the ‘Colter Shaw saves the day’ plot to the extreme.
Attempting misdirection at every possible opportunity. It took suspense away from the twists and instead of being unguessable, they became very predictable.
The plot of the book wasn’t great either. Too convoluted and trying too hard it did a bad job of blending all the attempted elements together. Trying for a mystery thriller to engage with humour littered throughout. We ended up with a cheesy mess that was easy to guess.
After enjoying the first three books in the Colter Shaw series. I can’t help but feel let down by the fourth offering. After reading and enjoying the previous trio I was excited to start Hunting Time.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite the same. While certain traits and characteristics remained, it stretched the ‘Colter Shaw saves the day’ plot to the extreme.
Attempting misdirection at every possible opportunity. It took suspense away from the twists and instead of being unguessable, they became very predictable.
The plot of the book wasn’t great either. Too convoluted and trying too hard it did a bad job of blending all the attempted elements together. Trying for a mystery thriller to engage with humour littered throughout. We ended up with a cheesy mess that was easy to guess.
kelly_ann_s's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I've tried a few of Jeffery Deaver's other books and they have been hit or miss for me, but with this series about Colter Shaw, it's most definitely a hit. Colter Shaw is a "rewardist" or someone that collects rewards offered by individuals, corporations or law enforcement when they are trying to find someone or something lost.
In this fourth book in the series, Colter is tasked with trying to find a nuclear engineer and her daughter who are on the run from an ex-husband who has just been released from prison. As is typical with this series, the author reveals the details slowly through the use of present and past timelines. Nothing is what it seems in this one as Colter matches wits with a corporate spy, assassins and mob bosses.
If you like thrillers with lots of detail and some really great twists, you might want to give this series a try.
In this fourth book in the series, Colter is tasked with trying to find a nuclear engineer and her daughter who are on the run from an ex-husband who has just been released from prison. As is typical with this series, the author reveals the details slowly through the use of present and past timelines. Nothing is what it seems in this one as Colter matches wits with a corporate spy, assassins and mob bosses.
If you like thrillers with lots of detail and some really great twists, you might want to give this series a try.
kokobo63's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
paws42's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
saareman's review against another edition
4.0
Tracker Time
Review of the Penguin Audio audiobook (November 22, 2022) narrated by [a:Kaleo Griffith|5359198|Kaleo Griffith|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] and released simultaneously with the G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover.
I had never even heard of, let alone read, any of the Colter Shaw books before the TV premiere of Tracker late in the 2023/24 television season. When I saw book #4 Hunting Time available in a 2-for-1 sale on Audible recently I decided to give it a try.
Actor Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw in a promotional poster for the CBS television series. Image sourced from IMDb.
Having seen the TV series first, the differences are immediately apparent. The Colter Shaw in the novels has no apparent team of handlers or tech assistants in the background but operates alone. He travels the country in a motor home with a motorcycle for his flexible movement. In the TV show he is driving a GMC truck which pulls an Airstream trailer. The backstory is the same though, he was brought up in a survivalist family from where he learned all his tracking and survival skills. He travels the country taking on finding missing persons (sometimes items) for reward money.
I did not warm to the character or the plot in this novel immediately. The 'hunt and evade' aspects were weak compared to the sub-genre intricacies of a master such as [a:Thomas Perry|36341|Thomas Perry|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1221969758p2/36341.jpg] (author of the Jane Whitefield and the Butcher's Boy novels). The number of characters and subplots were too much at times, involving industrial espionage, the Ruzzians, a paroled father seeking revenge, contract killers, a backwoods meth-lab family, a mother and daughter on the run (the daughter being a whiny brat) etc. etc. I was getting a bit tired of it, but then...
The final 1/3rd or so of the book became interesting. The whiny teenage brat bonds with Colter Shaw over his backwoods survival skills, which allows for flashbacks to Shaw's own upbringing when first learning them from his father. Then the family on the run plot also has a very clever twist which causes you to reassess everything that you had read up until that point. So well done on that writing by Jeffery Deaver. The book had been heading to a 2 or 3 rating before then, but I'm happy to call it a 4 now in retrospect.
The narration in all voices by Kaleo Griffith in the audiobook edition was excellent.
Trivia and Link
Watch the extended trailer for the Colter Shaw Tracker TV series on YouTube here. The series has been renewed for a Season 2 after the shortened 13-episode Season 1. It is actually filmed in British Columbia, Canada although it is an American TV series on the CBS network.
Review of the Penguin Audio audiobook (November 22, 2022) narrated by [a:Kaleo Griffith|5359198|Kaleo Griffith|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] and released simultaneously with the G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover.
I had never even heard of, let alone read, any of the Colter Shaw books before the TV premiere of Tracker late in the 2023/24 television season. When I saw book #4 Hunting Time available in a 2-for-1 sale on Audible recently I decided to give it a try.
Actor Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw in a promotional poster for the CBS television series. Image sourced from IMDb.
Having seen the TV series first, the differences are immediately apparent. The Colter Shaw in the novels has no apparent team of handlers or tech assistants in the background but operates alone. He travels the country in a motor home with a motorcycle for his flexible movement. In the TV show he is driving a GMC truck which pulls an Airstream trailer. The backstory is the same though, he was brought up in a survivalist family from where he learned all his tracking and survival skills. He travels the country taking on finding missing persons (sometimes items) for reward money.
I did not warm to the character or the plot in this novel immediately. The 'hunt and evade' aspects were weak compared to the sub-genre intricacies of a master such as [a:Thomas Perry|36341|Thomas Perry|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1221969758p2/36341.jpg] (author of the Jane Whitefield and the Butcher's Boy novels). The number of characters and subplots were too much at times, involving industrial espionage, the Ruzzians, a paroled father seeking revenge, contract killers, a backwoods meth-lab family, a mother and daughter on the run (the daughter being a whiny brat) etc. etc. I was getting a bit tired of it, but then...
The final 1/3rd or so of the book became interesting. The whiny teenage brat bonds with Colter Shaw over his backwoods survival skills, which allows for flashbacks to Shaw's own upbringing when first learning them from his father. Then the family on the run plot also has a very clever twist which causes you to reassess everything that you had read up until that point. So well done on that writing by Jeffery Deaver. The book had been heading to a 2 or 3 rating before then, but I'm happy to call it a 4 now in retrospect.
The narration in all voices by Kaleo Griffith in the audiobook edition was excellent.
Trivia and Link
Watch the extended trailer for the Colter Shaw Tracker TV series on YouTube here. The series has been renewed for a Season 2 after the shortened 13-episode Season 1. It is actually filmed in British Columbia, Canada although it is an American TV series on the CBS network.