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Five things about The Retreat by Sarah Pearse 📚📚📚

1. If you like multiple perspectives…
2. If you like two page chapters…
3. If you like mask removal finishes ala Scooby Doo…
4. If you want lots of action and no character development…
5. This one is for you. I did enjoy this a lot more than The Sanatorium (which I really hated because of the way the main character constantly beat up on herself verbally…and that’s in here too…but less than in the first installment) but this read has confirmed that Sarah Pearse and I are not an author/reader match. I am so drawn to the premises of these books but the actual reading experience is ultimately disappointing. I’m totally willing to believe it’s not her, it’s me.

thetinybookworm's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

sarah_musgrave_escritora's review against another edition

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4.0

Eu acabei de ler "The Retreat", em português "O Retiro", o segundo livro da saga de Erin Warner.
Depois de "O Sanatório", a autora traz-nos de novo a detetive Erin Warner.
Achei a história muito semelhante ao primeiro livro.
Erin está de regresso à sua equipa de Crimes Graves, sente-se insegura e não está certa de estar totalmente preparada.
Numa ilha amaldiçoada onde ocorreram crimes vários anos antes, é construído um retiro de luxo, onde várias vilas se confundem com a natureza local.
Farrah, a irmã de Will, companheiro de Erin, é uma das gerentes do local.
Quando uma mulher aparece morta, Erin é chamada a investigar. Erin e o seu colega Steed vão permanecer na ilha até encontrarem o assassino.
Não existe forma de entrar ou sair da ilha sem se saber. Assim, Erin e Steed vão permanecer numa ilha onde está um perigoso assassino que, entretanto, volta a matar.
Nesta história, Erin vai descobrir que Will também tem segredos no seu passado que não partilhou com ela.
Será que Erin vai descobrir quem é o assassino?
Achei o livro um pouco previsível, consegui adivinhar o assassino mais ou menos a um terço do início do livro. Gostei, mas não adorei.

steffi_88's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense slow-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

2.25

kaitpurds's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

mnemosyne139's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a really enjoyable read. I was glad to see the author didn't talk about sweat nearly as much in this book, at least at the beginning. I'm also really glad that, despite being part of a crime novel series, it doesn't read like a procedural crime show. I think the new work partner was a good addition to the cast of characters, and I'm really hoping the future books don't go the betrayal route with that.

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