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klshann's review against another edition
4.0
Until half way through I thought this was just another police procedural crime drama.
Once I passed the half way point I realised that, yes, it was a police crime drama but an exciting well written one.
I will defiantly read more by this author and more in the series
Once I passed the half way point I realised that, yes, it was a police crime drama but an exciting well written one.
I will defiantly read more by this author and more in the series
sraazad's review against another edition
3.0
⭐⭐⭐ = I liked it.
TW: Rape (and mentions of it), domestic abuse, torture
A rollercoaster of darkness and the shadows that lurk underneath people's skin. This novel made me so aggregated and on-edge. The mistakes the characters made and the agony that they put each other through really made me grind my teeth. If that was the intention, fantastic.
Also, the opening chapter hit me HARD. I found it amazingly compelling.
Favorite quote about Rome:
"She was good, all smooth, cool surface, like a sheet. But underneath, she was red hot. If you listened hard, you could hear her ticking."
TW: Rape (and mentions of it), domestic abuse, torture
A rollercoaster of darkness and the shadows that lurk underneath people's skin. This novel made me so aggregated and on-edge. The mistakes the characters made and the agony that they put each other through really made me grind my teeth. If that was the intention, fantastic.
Also, the opening chapter hit me HARD. I found it amazingly compelling.
Favorite quote about Rome:
"She was good, all smooth, cool surface, like a sheet. But underneath, she was red hot. If you listened hard, you could hear her ticking."
rgro's review against another edition
3.0
I quite enjoyed it but it did drag a little in the last third which was the climax of the thriller. It alternated between a character in peril and a character failing to figure that out which sort of let it down a bit for me.
motive_of_the_witch's review against another edition
2.0
Oh boy, seriously I don't know how to comment this book. First, I don't know why it has a bestseller status. Plot is really embroiled, a lot of topics and many people. At some point I hadn't had idea when this book was going. The author tried to put in one book all world problems (rasism, homosexuality, differences in the treatment of women in the Muslim world, sexual defiations)...and it wasn't good idea because between them she lost the smoothness of the plot. Really hard to read.
aj93's review against another edition
3.0
So I have mixed feelings about this one. Mostly due to the way it was written. It kept jumping back and forth between perspectives and started off extremely slowly but after the half way point it really started to pick up and it seemed everything started happening, which is good because I was debating putting it down.
This is a story about a detective Rome and her partner looking into a acid burn victim and her family. However when they find her they stumble upon another woman and a stabbing. The detectives have to get to the bottom of both crimes, but new things just keep popping up and not everything is as it seems.
This is a story about a detective Rome and her partner looking into a acid burn victim and her family. However when they find her they stumble upon another woman and a stabbing. The detectives have to get to the bottom of both crimes, but new things just keep popping up and not everything is as it seems.
enchantedbibliophile's review against another edition
5.0
This year I'm doing a Reading Challenge; so I have 26 books with specific subjects that I need to read.
Book 14:A book with a character with your first name
Initially I thought finding a book with a character with my first name would be difficult, but when then my research prove me so wrong that I actually could pick and choose.
Picking [b:Someone Else's Skin|21350894|Someone Else's Skin (DI Marnie Rome, #1)|Sarah Hilary|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1409223715s/21350894.jpg|24089880] was really an excellent choice!
I fell right into the story.
'DI Rome, slayer of dragons.'
I like the complexity of the characters; especially DI Marnie Rome. She's fierce and in charge; taking challenges on head first; but it might be her internal struggles causing this fierceness.
The way [a:Hilary|3418841|Sarah Hilary|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1377456617p2/3418841.jpg] build this beautiful broken strong piece of art she calls Marnie Rome amaze me. Marnie feels so real to me I can easily fall into her character and believe it's me.
The counter characters amplifies Marnie's character so well you feel you know them all.
The slow build of suspense and drama works you up in a way that makes you feel part of it.
The tricky premise of the plot with multiple witnesses was perplexing and thought-provoking.
Me reading a lot of suspense, thrillers and crime usually figures out the plot quite quickly, but not this time. [a:Hilary|3418841|Sarah Hilary|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1377456617p2/3418841.jpg] gives you enough and just little enough to keep you guessing and going in the wrong direction.
This was [a:Sarah Hilary's|3418841|Sarah Hilary|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1377456617p2/3418841.jpg] debut novel; which makes me very exited for the next books in the series.
I found a new favorite author!
hpnyknits's review against another edition
4.0
This was a very tragic story, a testament to the horrors people inflict on each other, and not just men to women, but also women to women, (as in female genital mutilation, inflicted by a young girl’s own mother. ) some parts are not for the squeamish.
The characters are interesting, and the relationships are promising.
The narrator was to my ears terrible. She is highly regarded elsewhere, but the entire book was read with a sort of quiver in her voice. I’m pleased this was a library book, and not a purchase.
The characters are interesting, and the relationships are promising.
The narrator was to my ears terrible. She is highly regarded elsewhere, but the entire book was read with a sort of quiver in her voice. I’m pleased this was a library book, and not a purchase.
jaxxmcqueen's review against another edition
3.0
Quite well written. But I couldn't finish it.
I gave up at 76% Yep, I just couldn't read it properly anymore as I started to skip lines, then paragraphs, then pages in a desperate rush to just finish the book...which I couldn't.
It's not that the book is bad, it's just a boring topic. I think it's also aimed more at the female market, so perhaps that influenced my attention.
No, that wasn't why. It was the way the onion of the story was unpeeled, slowly drawing back a layer to reveal what we already knew was coming, a colour-by-numbers standard plot where I was 3 chapters ahead in the plot already, so I spent the whole read waiting for the book to catch up to me. Not one surprise. Okay, I lie--there was one. One that was feeble plot-wise, tacky and lame in my eyes.
I'm giving this a generous 3 stars, because the author can write...but needs help telling a story.
I gave up at 76% Yep, I just couldn't read it properly anymore as I started to skip lines, then paragraphs, then pages in a desperate rush to just finish the book...which I couldn't.
It's not that the book is bad, it's just a boring topic. I think it's also aimed more at the female market, so perhaps that influenced my attention.
No, that wasn't why. It was the way the onion of the story was unpeeled, slowly drawing back a layer to reveal what we already knew was coming, a colour-by-numbers standard plot where I was 3 chapters ahead in the plot already, so I spent the whole read waiting for the book to catch up to me. Not one surprise. Okay, I lie--there was one. One that was feeble plot-wise, tacky and lame in my eyes.
I'm giving this a generous 3 stars, because the author can write...but needs help telling a story.
kirstyhkclarke06's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It was good and I was quite hooked when part two began but the ending was bad. It never told us what happened to all the characters and if they were found or sent to prison. I have no idea where they are, it left it on a cliffhanger that doesn’t continue in the next book