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Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

jules28's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.75

soojin12548's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

3.5

letyreadsbooks's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

ally_rb's review against another edition

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2.0

Terrible. I was intrigued by the premise but it's literally just a copy of then there were none but done so much worse with an extremely weak back story. Plus so much problamic language used 

svanburkleo's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

books_with_brandon's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

4.0

brenkp's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

_millie's review against another edition

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

2.0

booksonawednesday's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

You can’t go wrong with a good thriller that has a cast of characters and a whole host of impending deaths. 

This book had a lot of references to And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, and for good reason - it was very similar. 

Nine people are posted a list of names: eight of which are unrecognisable and one is their own. The nine people then begin to die, one by one. 

If you’ve read Christie’s works, then this novel won’t be groundbreaking. It was still fun enough to read, and I got through it very quickly. 

Considering there were nine characters, they all had very distinct personalities and were memorable in their own way. 

The ending was interesting enough, and I would be up for reading more of Swanson’s books. 

mm_bookclub's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0