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What Remains by Wendy Walker

5 reviews

emmakchapman's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, and Murder

saliwali's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

nataliebootlah's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

 

The decision to buy pink towels from the department store changed Detective Elise Sutton’s life forever. 

 

As shots ring out, Sutton snaps into action and takes down the gunman to save the life of another man—a life for a life. Dealing with tremendous guilt, Sutton seeks out the man she saved to justify her actions. Thus begins a captivating cat-and-mouse thriller that swaps POVs, leaves the reader guessing, and delves into the human psyche. Overall, this was a layered, fast-moving psychological thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

thebookwormkatie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

 Thank you @netgalley and @blackstonepublishing for an eARC of What Remains by Wendy Walker. 

 

I was super excited to be approved for this one because I was obsessed with Walker’s novel DON’T LOOK FOR ME. 

 

What Remains is fast-paced and plot driven. I’ve heard before that if you’re writing a thriller or mystery, you should write it backwards because then you’ll understand all the loopholes and connections. What Remains plays with that a bit for the actual crime itself, and I found that fascinating. It also incorporates the psychology behind the crime, so I feel like true crime lovers will enjoy that as well. 

 

I do think for me, the “thriller” part of this story started a little too abruptly. I wasn’t convinced by the cat and mouse chase. I think I just needed it to go a level deeper. 

Also, the main character made some choices that made me absolutely irate, but that’s just my personal reaction 🙃 

 

Overall, it wasn’t a five-star read like the last book I read, but I think it is a good thriller beach read for the summer. I’ll still pick up whatever Walker writes next 😊 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

reading_under_covers's review against another edition

3.0

Major trigger warnings in this one!

I find my rating hovering between three and four stars because our main character Elise does some really silly things in this book (that I guess can be blamed on her trauma??) that made me question her profession. 

That point aside, Wendy Walker once again delivers a fast-paced, hard to put down story, with a nice twist thrown into the mix.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis