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A review by shannny2k
Demolition Angel by Robert Crais
5.0
Fantastic book. Long review coming soon!Title: Demolition Angel
Series Number: The first.
Author: Robert Crais
(Audio) Narrator: Paul Hecht
One sentence summary: Ex-bomb squad member has to work through her past accident while working on a current case where one of her old coworkers died.
Theme(s): Single past events can drive people’s actions for years. There are multiple ways to cope with PTSD and other results of said past events.
(Audio) Narrator review: I had one huge issue; the main character is a female and they choose a male narrator. I’m not sure why, and distracted me numerous times in the first two chapters. After a while I got used to it, and I think that overall Paul Hecht did a good job, but I think they could have chosen someone similar to the main character; a female who smokes a lot.
What I liked:
I love that page one scene one the main character is talking to a therapist about her problems. This is a great way to start the story, obtaining the mindset of the main character, and the mindset of one person who has been helping her since the accident. (Also both characters are female, so this book passed the Bechdel test immediately which is pretty cool.)
The characters are well defined and have distinctive background events that drive them forward. They all seem real and their actions feel authentic, even when they aren’t professional.
The ending is wonderfully satisfying. No spoilers, so I won’t say more, but it’s unexpected yet completely inevitable.
What I disliked:
Honestly I liked all of it. There is nothing that I can think of that would have made this a better book.
Rating:
9/10 – Excellent read. Lives on my bookshelf. Often recommended to friends. Might or might not read again. (I’ll recommend this to friends that like mystery/thriller, but probably wouldn’t recommend to those who don’t. I would be happy to read it again if I ever forget enough of it to make it worthwhile, but I suspect that this book will be sticking with me for a long time.)
Series Number: The first.
Author: Robert Crais
(Audio) Narrator: Paul Hecht
One sentence summary: Ex-bomb squad member has to work through her past accident while working on a current case where one of her old coworkers died.
Theme(s): Single past events can drive people’s actions for years. There are multiple ways to cope with PTSD and other results of said past events.
(Audio) Narrator review: I had one huge issue; the main character is a female and they choose a male narrator. I’m not sure why, and distracted me numerous times in the first two chapters. After a while I got used to it, and I think that overall Paul Hecht did a good job, but I think they could have chosen someone similar to the main character; a female who smokes a lot.
What I liked:
I love that page one scene one the main character is talking to a therapist about her problems. This is a great way to start the story, obtaining the mindset of the main character, and the mindset of one person who has been helping her since the accident. (Also both characters are female, so this book passed the Bechdel test immediately which is pretty cool.)
The characters are well defined and have distinctive background events that drive them forward. They all seem real and their actions feel authentic, even when they aren’t professional.
The ending is wonderfully satisfying. No spoilers, so I won’t say more, but it’s unexpected yet completely inevitable.
What I disliked:
Honestly I liked all of it. There is nothing that I can think of that would have made this a better book.
Rating:
9/10 – Excellent read. Lives on my bookshelf. Often recommended to friends. Might or might not read again. (I’ll recommend this to friends that like mystery/thriller, but probably wouldn’t recommend to those who don’t. I would be happy to read it again if I ever forget enough of it to make it worthwhile, but I suspect that this book will be sticking with me for a long time.)