A review by bibliophilebookclub
After You Die by Eva Dolan
5.0
Having never read any of Eva Dolan's previous books, I didn't know what to expect when I started After You Die. I certainly wasn't expecting to be hooked immediately and not wanting to leave the book down to sleep, but with 2 kids, I need sleep :)
Happily, when I picked it back up, I was just as engrossed. I started the book on Tuesday night and had it finished last night. It was utterly addictive reading!
While the themes in the book are tough subject matter, they were handled skilfully, both by the author and the characters she has created. Zigic and Ferreira are one of the best, and most cohesive pairs of detectives I've read in a while. I often find that one or the other gets more time, or demands more attention, but both were equally present throughout the narrative.
The plot in After You Die was very tight. Every story was perfectly constructed, and together they intermingled brilliantly. You felt something for almost every character, whether it be sympathy, sadness, happiness or anger, and that is something I look for in the books I read. If I can't connect, I find it harder to concentrate on the story. No fear of that here!!!
I'm not going go into details of the plot, the synopsis above should be enough to whet your appetite. I, for one, am glad I went in without reading more that the synopsis as it was such a layered book that I wasn't expecting half of what happened! Also, as usual lately, I guessed the perpetrator and was wrong, again!
Happily, when I picked it back up, I was just as engrossed. I started the book on Tuesday night and had it finished last night. It was utterly addictive reading!
While the themes in the book are tough subject matter, they were handled skilfully, both by the author and the characters she has created. Zigic and Ferreira are one of the best, and most cohesive pairs of detectives I've read in a while. I often find that one or the other gets more time, or demands more attention, but both were equally present throughout the narrative.
The plot in After You Die was very tight. Every story was perfectly constructed, and together they intermingled brilliantly. You felt something for almost every character, whether it be sympathy, sadness, happiness or anger, and that is something I look for in the books I read. If I can't connect, I find it harder to concentrate on the story. No fear of that here!!!
I'm not going go into details of the plot, the synopsis above should be enough to whet your appetite. I, for one, am glad I went in without reading more that the synopsis as it was such a layered book that I wasn't expecting half of what happened! Also, as usual lately, I guessed the perpetrator and was wrong, again!