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A review by brents
Kill List by Brian Shea
4.0
Found this in the audible plus catalog, and I'm always on the lookout for a new mystery series so I figured why not. I think it was a pretty good debut mystery thriller. I liked the combination of terrorist attacks with a ticking clock, personal vendetta, and heist. The villain and action were quite good as well, and the investigation aspects were good.
There were definitely some problems as well. The main character was less interesting than the secondary character of Declan. The dialogue is a little stilted and doesn't always sound like a real conversation. The resolution was also slightly anticlimactic. The book could have used another 100 pages to build more tension and have a more fitting final showdown. That being said for a first book I've read way worse.
It left some questions open ended and sets up the series. I plan to continue.
As an aside the audiobook narration was quite good as well.
There were definitely some problems as well. The main character was less interesting than the secondary character of Declan. The dialogue is a little stilted and doesn't always sound like a real conversation. The resolution was also slightly anticlimactic. The book could have used another 100 pages to build more tension and have a more fitting final showdown. That being said for a first book I've read way worse.
It left some questions open ended and sets up the series. I plan to continue.
As an aside the audiobook narration was quite good as well.