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Vaanija by Chris Carter

3 reviews

remi_san's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

A thrilling roller coaster. 

My heart just goesšŸ’˜ every time when Robert says 'I read a lot '. It sure is a pickup line to mešŸ˜šŸ˜šŸ˜šŸ’—šŸ’—šŸ’—šŸ’—šŸ’—. Lol great read.. can't wait to complete rest in the series!!
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ahjo0o's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I wanted to read this book as the first book was recommended to me by a friend and I instantly loved the two books in this series, so I was really looking forward to reading the next book in the series and this book did not disappoint me at all. 

The main character is a detective named Robert Hunter. He has another bad case. An unidentified female body is brought into the Los Angeles County morgue. The cause of death is still unclear. Her body bares no marks; except for the fact that her most intimate parts have been stitched shut. But what shocks the pathologist the most is that the killer had left something inside her. Something so monstrous Detective Robert Hunter, of the Los Angeles Homicide Special Section, has to be pulled off a different case to take over the investigation. Within a few days a new body has surface and like the previous victim she has been stitched shut and something has been left inside of her. It looks like the killer isnā€™t done yet. Is this gang related? Who would do such a thing? Can the killer be found because someone else is killed? This book is a fictional mystery thriller set in Los Angeles. 

I like this book; I think Chris Carter is a genius. I think the mystery and the suspense is brilliant and enough to keep you hooked.  This book also majorly freaked me out which is the first time thatā€™s happened, so Iā€™ve got to give it to Chris Carter. I loved Hunter and Garciaā€™s friendship. Captain Blake is slowly growing on me, but I do miss Captain Bolter. I think thatā€™s just because he gives me Donald Cragen vibes. The only thing that I would say that is a weakness, for me personally, is the short chapters. I just prefer bigger chapters. However, in this book, it did fit well with Chris Carterā€™s writing style where it usually doesnā€™t work for me. I was hooked that after a while the short chapters didnā€™t both me as they usually would with other authors. 

I enjoyed this book, and it was interesting. However, this was one of the first books where Iā€™ve cringed at the graphic nature of the scenes so, please check trigger warnings before reading. Overall, the book was an easy and quick read and because the writing was amazing, the storyline freaked me out and it was overall brilliant I gave it five stars. But I wouldnā€™t advise reading this at night, you might not sleep afterwards. I didnā€™t.  
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