Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Nest: A Thriller That Confronts True Evil, Book 01 by Terry Goodkind

1 review

averydistractedreader's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

1.75

This book is about 100 pages worth of plot, the other 328 are a man exposition-dumping onto a woman. I’m serious, this has about 100 pages of non-stop monologue.

Four actual events happen over the course of about 100 pages in total.

The writing style is reminiscent of high school essays at times; “she did this. She went to the door. The door was already open. She was surprised.”

It also absolutely loves to repeat previously given information, every single time it is relevant; I have ADHD and even MY attention span feels insulted.

This should have been a 124 page book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

The actual plot:

Kate’s brother gets murdered. He had the ability to identify murderers by their eyes, turns out Kate has it too. Kate meets Jack, an author who can identify people with the ability and he helps them survive. Kate gets attacked and kills her assailant. Kate and Jack get kidnapped by Jack’s editor, Kate escapes, tries to save Jack, tells a dying Jack she loves him and he returns the sentiment. The end.