Reviews

Captiva by Randy Wayne White

bookhawk's review

3.0

Captive is a very well written book and a big improvement over the preceding book in the Doc Ford series. It was good to see Doc Ford doing things that utilized the skills from his time in the CIA. A very high 3 star book and good enough to warrant more Doc Ford books. White seemed to have found his groove with this book.

jlmyatt's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

atarbett's review against another edition

I'm at about 2/3. I didn't know that a book that starts with an explosion could be so boring. It's about politics! And not major politics. Bullshit local politics.

The only reason I'm still powering through is because of the coronavirus lockdown. My TBR pile is dangerously low and I can't just be walking away from novels when I don't know where my next novel is coming from. I could very well mind-starve.

But damn, this book is testing me.

UPDATE: Officially given up. Didn't make it any farther.

pammysue1957's review

5.0

I love the Doc Ford Series and I'm very happy with the way the book ended.

beaconhillbooks's review against another edition

3.0

I chose to read this book because it took place in Sanibel & Captiva Island which is by where I used to once live. I didn't realize that it was written to bring light to some of the fishing issues and corruption in southwest Florida. It was an enjoyable read overall but I got bored by the story halfway in unfortunately.

hazelbright's review

3.0

I thought the Hannah character was completely unbelievable and a little icky. Otherwise, not bad.

Spoiler

I knew that never in a million years would White kill of Tomlinson. I think he likes Tomlinson maybe even a little more than he likes Ford.