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kaseyrogers's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
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? No
4.25
bookgirl523's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-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? No
4.5
theliteraryvixen's review against another edition
3.0
What a wild ride! This book is definitely a mind twister.
The beginning is slow. I knew the author was setting up the players aka the characters. With each character that was introduced, you wondered what roll they would play. The more I read, the sinister it got. There were a lot of suspects with motives that I couldn’t decide who was the villain. We meet Chloe. She’s one of many who will get some news that will change her life. She was a hard character to like. As a matter of fact, none of the characters were very likable. I kept thinking how awful they were. Towards the end, I was totally team Chloe. There are so many secrets and lies in this story, along with many twists and turns, that I gave up trying to figure out who was the bad guy and just enjoyed the crazy ride this book was.
As a whole, this book is suspenseful and entertaining. It will keep you on your toes till the very end! If you enjoy thrillers, you should consider adding this one to your TBR. I give this 3 stars.
The beginning is slow. I knew the author was setting up the players aka the characters. With each character that was introduced, you wondered what roll they would play. The more I read, the sinister it got. There were a lot of suspects with motives that I couldn’t decide who was the villain. We meet Chloe. She’s one of many who will get some news that will change her life. She was a hard character to like. As a matter of fact, none of the characters were very likable. I kept thinking how awful they were. Towards the end, I was totally team Chloe. There are so many secrets and lies in this story, along with many twists and turns, that I gave up trying to figure out who was the bad guy and just enjoyed the crazy ride this book was.
As a whole, this book is suspenseful and entertaining. It will keep you on your toes till the very end! If you enjoy thrillers, you should consider adding this one to your TBR. I give this 3 stars.
coreenamcb's review against another edition
3.0
This was a good thriller with an interesting plot and some good human connection. Some of the characters, however, relied on being stereotypes and women were abused as a plot point to show the personality of a male character.
lilywill's review against another edition
3.0
Onderwerp goed gekozen, zijn andere boeken vond ik beter.
susieseeker's review against another edition
2.0
Having read Barclay before, and enjoyed whatever it was of his that I'd read, I was looking forward to this. I'd read a couple of heavy books and needed a decent murder mystery for a change.
What a disappointment. I will gladly admit that I often am not able to figure out the "bad guy" in a mystery book and that then tends to be how I judge whether I'll like a mystery or not. If I can figure out who the bad guy is, especially if I can figure it out near the beginning, then I figure my rating of the book will be low.
That's how this book was for me. I picked out the bad guy pretty much from the get-go simply because they were such an evil caricature. And then the means by which the bad guy could be bad was simply preposterous.
Actually I found most of the characters in this book were caricatures - including our main protagonist, Miles.
This book ended up being a speed read for me. As I say, disappointing.
What a disappointment. I will gladly admit that I often am not able to figure out the "bad guy" in a mystery book and that then tends to be how I judge whether I'll like a mystery or not. If I can figure out who the bad guy is, especially if I can figure it out near the beginning, then I figure my rating of the book will be low.
That's how this book was for me. I picked out the bad guy pretty much from the get-go simply because they were such an evil caricature. And then the means by which the bad guy could be bad was simply preposterous.
Actually I found most of the characters in this book were caricatures - including our main protagonist, Miles.
This book ended up being a speed read for me. As I say, disappointing.
anitamarie's review against another edition
5.0
5 stars because it was one of those books I wanted to keep reading even when I knew I should go to bed. The premise: Billionaire Myles Cookson finds out he has Huntingtons disease, it’s going to cut his life short. He decides to find his biological children, fathered via a sperm bank 20+ years ago. However, someone is trying to make those children disappear. Miles and newly discovered daughter Chloe need to find out the truth. Meanwhile there’s a lot of other shady activities going on. Are they connected? It’s been years since I’ve read a Linwood Barclay and now I remember why I always enjoyed his books. I picked it up from the library after someone recommended to me.