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Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

5 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book was so good and had potential! Unfortunately it falls flat. They kinda explain what happens to Allison but then they dont? Like they just kinda fill in the blank with the "most likely scenario" and left it at that. Also what the hell happened to Clive?! Like Sara gets an epilogue and not Clive?! Disrespectful. Also the whole befriending the dude you think murdered your sister is insane. Like the book could have been so cool but the end is boring and kinda predictable.

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lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I picked this up at a library book sale because I thought it sounded like a great mystery thriller.
"Saint X" follows a young woman named Claire. When she was only six years old, her college aged sister disappears during their family vacation in the Caribbean on an island named Saint X. At the time, there were two young men who were deemed suspects, but ultimately, they were let go because there was not enough evidence to convict them. The crime has since remained unsolved. Claire now lives in New York City, and she desperately tries to forget that horrible time in her life, until something happens, and she is overwhelmed with the urge to finally figure out what happened to her sister.
Going into this story, I thought it was going to be a mystery thriller, and looking at GoodReads, that is how it is classified, but I do not think this is a thriller. Although the book is written well, and the story is interesting, this story was not jarring enough to be considered a thriller for me. If anything, this book is a crime mystery, and a kind of slow-paced one at that.
Additionally, I did not vibe well with Claire as a character. There was something cold about her that I just did not like, and because of that, I could not get on board with anything she did.
This book is fine, and probably will work better for someone else.

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