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Quiet in Her Bones by Nalini Singh
3.0
Quiet in Her Bones was a thriller with a promising story but with characters that I simply could not connect with.
Aaray was only a teenager when his mother left with $250,000 in the middle of the night. But 10 years later her body is found in her car in the vast, lushness of the New Zealand forestry in the very same clothing she was last seen in. Now Aaray is a novelist and is absolutely determined to find out who killed her.
This was beautifully written, and I absolutely loved all the cultural history Nalini Singh wrote into this thriller novel, but I was unable to connect with the protagonist. Aaray was at times a very unreliable narrator. He had so many of his own demons to contest with and it took away from his determination.
This book was all about secrets and lies and while I know it would work for so many thriller lovers, it simply did not hit the mark for me. I am quite critical with my thrillers, though. I want to most emphatically express that I found Nalini Singh’s writing style to be fantastic and I will happily read more of her thrillers in the future.
Aaray was only a teenager when his mother left with $250,000 in the middle of the night. But 10 years later her body is found in her car in the vast, lushness of the New Zealand forestry in the very same clothing she was last seen in. Now Aaray is a novelist and is absolutely determined to find out who killed her.
This was beautifully written, and I absolutely loved all the cultural history Nalini Singh wrote into this thriller novel, but I was unable to connect with the protagonist. Aaray was at times a very unreliable narrator. He had so many of his own demons to contest with and it took away from his determination.
This book was all about secrets and lies and while I know it would work for so many thriller lovers, it simply did not hit the mark for me. I am quite critical with my thrillers, though. I want to most emphatically express that I found Nalini Singh’s writing style to be fantastic and I will happily read more of her thrillers in the future.