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christygsp's review
5.0
Didn’t see any of it coming, loved every minute.
Loved this concept of solving crimes through an inception level method. The characters were really interesting to follow and those dynamic was fun to watch.
I wish it were longer, or that there were more of them!
Loved this concept of solving crimes through an inception level method. The characters were really interesting to follow and those dynamic was fun to watch.
I wish it were longer, or that there were more of them!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death and Gun violence
Minor: Sexual content
alibrarymouse's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I don’t know how it happened, but this book went from insanely slow to having me feeling rage in 25 pages. The set up, the deviations, the end?!
The beginning of this is insanely slow for the book being literally like 100 pages. But then they got on the case and things happened I wasn’t expecting and Sanderson kicked us in the face. I am not satisfied with this ending, but also absolutely am because I didn’t expect to feel things about what I thought was a boring book. I guess I’m just going to go stare at a wall while processing what even happened here. Nobody better bring this book up in front of me, I’m probably going to be feral about it for a while.
The beginning of this is insanely slow for the book being literally like 100 pages. But then they got on the case and things happened I wasn’t expecting and Sanderson kicked us in the face. I am not satisfied with this ending, but also absolutely am because I didn’t expect to feel things about what I thought was a boring book. I guess I’m just going to go stare at a wall while processing what even happened here. Nobody better bring this book up in front of me, I’m probably going to be feral about it for a while.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol
miguelito_juanito's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Torture, Police brutality, and Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Suicide, Vomit, and Car accident
wajeemba's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Great writing and realistic character motivations as usual from Sanderson!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Murder
Multiple very graphic descriptions of murderer's work feature in the book, which is not my preference and why I rated at 3 stars._fallinglight_'s review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Sadly, the Storygraph algorithm failed this time. My first time reading anything by Brandon Sanderson and it took me two long days to finish a 100 something page story 🥴 so yeah not good. The one rescuable thing is the Snapshot world that was wowing but the characters were terrible and unlikable in the bad, I-can't-stand-you-shut-up kinda way. The plot made me feel like this was triple in length. It didn't help that these past few days I've been mentally drained and I couldn't connect with this novella at all and a lot of the writing was whoosh for me lol though I did feel something was off when Davis kept trying to skip going to the DV case. The barely there women interactions here were pretty kinda awful too.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Murder
Minor: Domestic abuse
iono's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-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
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Murder
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Misogyny
readerette's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I don't think this story quite came together for me. I appreciated the layers and world building but the twist was a little confusingly laid out in my opinion. I'm also generally not a fan of books where the author hides information from the reader so that the climax is more likely to surprise. Great authors, in my opinion, lay everything out but put it together in unexpected ways to create surprises.
Interesting idea overall, though, and at novella length, certainly not bad to give it a try.
Interesting idea overall, though, and at novella length, certainly not bad to give it a try.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Grief, and Alcohol
nadia's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I've been excited to read this one as it's the first book that my co-founder Rob found via StoryGraph's Browse Books filter menu. He'd been helping out on the product for months at this point, but hadn't needed a new book. And here he was, about to go on a run, and he wanted something fast-paced to listen to. I'll never forget the excited barrage of texts I received from him after he'd returned from the run having started a book he knew nothing about beyond what StoryGraph's book pane said.
I really enjoyed Sanderson's Mistborn series and was looking forward to trying something a bit different from him!
Given the subject matter combined with the length of the book, I think you'd be hard-pressed not to have some unanswered questions or want a little bit more in certain aspects. However, while a quick read (I could have read it in one sitting but alas time didn't allow), the story and concepts packed in certainly felt like I got more than what you'd think only 100-odd pages could offer.
If you love detective stories and science fiction, and are looking for something quick, while still a little challenging, this is a fantastic option!
I really enjoyed Sanderson's Mistborn series and was looking forward to trying something a bit different from him!
Given the subject matter combined with the length of the book, I think you'd be hard-pressed not to have some unanswered questions or want a little bit more in certain aspects. However, while a quick read (I could have read it in one sitting but alas time didn't allow), the story and concepts packed in certainly felt like I got more than what you'd think only 100-odd pages could offer.
If you love detective stories and science fiction, and are looking for something quick, while still a little challenging, this is a fantastic option!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Gun violence
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