onceuponarachel's review against another edition
4.0
This is one of those prime examples of a book I would have never read, had it not been for this challenge. PopSugar 2019: "A book with 'pop,' 'sugar,' or 'challenge' in the title." I literally typed "pop" into my library database and picked the first audiobook with 4 reviews or higher.
This is definitely one of those airport detective crime novels.
Pros:
-Despite being #3 in the series, this did a great job as a standalone. It explained concepts or characters that I'm sure were covered in other books in a concise enough way that I understood, but hopefully wouldn't have driven a constant reader nuts.
-The narrator was interesting, did a good job with accents, and had good pacing.
-Despite dozens of characters, the plot was easy to follow and wrapped up with enough detail to be satisfying, but enough cliffhanger if someone wanted to continue.
Cons:
-Nothing stand-out about it. Which is fine! Feels like a pretty average episode of a CSI spin-off.
-The main character kind of sucks. It makes sense for his character and it's totally believable, but it's wild that his girlfriend has stuck by him through some pretty major suckage. Then again, I don't know their back story.
PopSugar 2019: "A book with 'pop,' 'sugar,' or 'challenge' in the title."
This is definitely one of those airport detective crime novels.
Pros:
-Despite being #3 in the series, this did a great job as a standalone. It explained concepts or characters that I'm sure were covered in other books in a concise enough way that I understood, but hopefully wouldn't have driven a constant reader nuts.
-The narrator was interesting, did a good job with accents, and had good pacing.
-Despite dozens of characters, the plot was easy to follow and wrapped up with enough detail to be satisfying, but enough cliffhanger if someone wanted to continue.
Cons:
-Nothing stand-out about it. Which is fine! Feels like a pretty average episode of a CSI spin-off.
-The main character kind of sucks. It makes sense for his character and it's totally believable, but it's wild that his girlfriend has stuck by him through some pretty major suckage. Then again, I don't know their back story.
PopSugar 2019: "A book with 'pop,' 'sugar,' or 'challenge' in the title."
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