Reviews

To The Lions by Holly Watt

lizoxf2024's review

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

kristianawithak's review against another edition

4.0

This is great, it’s a journalist after a story tale. It reads like a movie and speeds up toward the end.

aallen352's review against another edition

adventurous informative 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? It's complicated

4.75

norahs_reading_room's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

nicjohnston's review

3.0

A fair to middling debut (a 3.5). Great concept and back story with strong themes. A serious edit would have reduced the “flabbiness” - the strongest 100 pages are in the middle. I did however like the main protagonists and would read any books where they are reprised.

guylou's review against another edition

4.0

Holy Molly! This book was soooo good! What a ride! Casey and Miranda are journalists for The Post. While doing some investigative work at a bar, Casey overhears a conversation between two men about a manhunt at a refugee camp. Someone can pay a lot of money to be transported near a camp and shoot any refugee without retaliation. Casey and Miranda launch the biggest journalistic investigation of their career to uncover who is organizing these manhunts and bring them to justice. This will be a very dangerous mission. Stopping at nothing, Casey will go deep undercover but at what cost?

This book is exciting, thrilling and non-stop action. The writing and the plot are top notch. I can see this book becoming a movie.

ebokhyllami's review

4.0

Spekulativt god ;-)

andreanourse's review

3.0

To The Lions was intense, disturbing and morally challenging. It reminded me of The Most Dangerous game, except the victims don’t know their being hunted. They don’t suspects thing.

This novel explores the trenches of humanity and the disparity of wealth and privilege. From refugees to billionaire CEOs and Members of Parliament, To The Lions delves into the culture that reinforces who is the hunter and who is the huntee.

The writing was choppy at times, which added to the suspense but also sent me back to reread for clarification more than once.

sjrissolo's review

3.0

Exciting and action-packed. 3.5 stars.

bunnieslikediamonds's review

3.0

I don't even know how to rate this, it was too suspenseful for me. My nerves can't handle such tension and I shouldn't read thrillers.