Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - Thirteen

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Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh

9 reviews

cchar12's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.75

I think it was a good read, there weren’t very many twists, but the structure was decent and I like the way the characters were written. There were also sections where they would read out the jury impressions as written by the guy who reads juries and I wasn’t sure I completely understood the point of it. And while I’m sure it might look cool in print, it reads oddly when listening as an audiobook and felt like a break in continuity of chapters.
Sometimes Flynn was a bit on the nose and I think the killer in this one could’ve gotten a bit more backstory motivation maybe. There was quite a bit, but I wanted the tie up to be a bit cleaner. Some of the jumps that Eddie made in terms of figuring things out seemed a bit far-fetched that things just ‘clicked’. I will note that when I chose this book, I didn’t know it was part of a longer line of books about Eddie Flynn, so perhaps more of his con-man history that helps him come to these conclusions may have been explained earlier, as they’re only hinted to here. I would say it’s enough to make me consider reading the first one in his collection but not enough to get 4 stars from me.

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sproutlaaar's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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hellokatya's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

this book really took me by surprise. the twists and turns fully got me - i did not expect any of them. really good plot, not great execution. the writing style bored me at points and felt like a chore to get through. also far too many characters to keep track of, constantly had to refer back to character log to know who was being spoken of.
overall very good book. would recommend

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c_dmckinney's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I had absolutely no idea this book was part of a series, let alone the fourth in. The writing was impeccable and it didn't feel like I was missing any back story let alone 3 entire previous books.

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