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momentum262's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
charliemoo's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.5
mitzik76571's review against another edition
4.0
Jane Rizzoli is a police detective investigating the murder of a young nurse. There are a number of characters in this book which include Jane's Mom, Angela. Angela is the neighborhood watchdog and secrets begin to unfold about her neighbors. This book had a good unexpected ending!
myranne's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-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? No
2.0
ofir28's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
abbotsford1234's review against another edition
4.0
Slight misnomer: This should be Angela Rizzoli #1.
entrancedbywords's review against another edition
1.0
15 pages in and I became instantly annoyed.
it's a dual POV story but the frustrating part of it is one POV is done in 1st person while the other is 3rd person, the amount of almost unnecessary detail is quite easy to ruin the flow the same way the different POV ways are.
I started to get annoyed with these two police officers; Rizzoli & Frost, they seemed like they were relying on everyone else to do their work.
Why'd you get a 15year old, whose friends/neighbour with a murder victim, to "hack" the victims online accounts? I thought cops wouldn't do that?
There is also multiple POVs used throughout the story, I really struggled to understand how they all related as a bigger picture. A morgue worker is a fill in piano player, a nosey neighbour who just happens to be a detective mother, keep to themselves neighbours,missing teens, distraught parents with bigger secrets..
I think it also didn't help that when POVs changed, they'd go from 3rd person to 1st person that back again.
Too many characters and not enough to keep focus on the primary target.
By the end of the story, when it tried to tie itself up, I just ended up so much more confused.
it's a dual POV story but the frustrating part of it is one POV is done in 1st person while the other is 3rd person, the amount of almost unnecessary detail is quite easy to ruin the flow the same way the different POV ways are.
I started to get annoyed with these two police officers; Rizzoli & Frost, they seemed like they were relying on everyone else to do their work.
Why'd you get a 15year old, whose friends/neighbour with a murder victim, to "hack" the victims online accounts? I thought cops wouldn't do that?
There is also multiple POVs used throughout the story, I really struggled to understand how they all related as a bigger picture. A morgue worker is a fill in piano player, a nosey neighbour who just happens to be a detective mother, keep to themselves neighbours,missing teens, distraught parents with bigger secrets..
I think it also didn't help that when POVs changed, they'd go from 3rd person to 1st person that back again.
Too many characters and not enough to keep focus on the primary target.
By the end of the story, when it tried to tie itself up, I just ended up so much more confused.
lmwrites's review against another edition
4.0
Chosen for a podcast episode, as a bookend to my friend doing Book #1 of the series thus far -- and it was a wild ride from start to finish! All the plot-lines, all the loose threads, and yet they all get woven together by the end in a way that I did not see coming until late in the book. And that moment -- that point in which your brain realizes the point of the story: it makes every page worth the read!
traci1974's review against another edition
3.5
Enjoyed the story. Could have done with more Jane and Maura and less Angela, but the mysteries were not bad overall. I don't recommend this on audio. I tried at all different speeds, but the narration felt so robotic. It was completely distracting from the story.