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A review by stravaganxo
Misisipi by Michael Reilly
4.0
Let's start with first impressions, shall we?
I thought this was going to be the kind of book you read once and then tuck away in your bookshelf, forgotten (because, hello? it's a thriller, you read whodunnit, whathappened and all, why should you go to the trouble of reading a second time?) Probably why i don't do this genre much.
I read the synopsis and it reminded me of Gone Girl which I hated despite the rave reviews it garnered. Whaddaya know? I seriously LIKED this book.
First off, it's not plain thriller. It's romance, with a very lyrical language. This book has been divided into books and altogether very symbolic. And the writing. Do you expect to read a mystery with very verbose/poetic language? I didn't.
Random things I liked about this book:
- The way Julianna evolved to the reader
- The way Katrina was personified
- THE PLOT
- Threading together some details that we otherwise tend to overlook
Speaking of details though, I felt as if some were wholly not needed, Some characters that wave their hands out of some chapters had whole chapters devoted to their biography.
And did i tell you that i'm going to read this book again, more slowly this time?
I thought this was going to be the kind of book you read once and then tuck away in your bookshelf, forgotten (because, hello? it's a thriller, you read whodunnit, whathappened and all, why should you go to the trouble of reading a second time?) Probably why i don't do this genre much.
I read the synopsis and it reminded me of Gone Girl which I hated despite the rave reviews it garnered. Whaddaya know? I seriously LIKED this book.
First off, it's not plain thriller. It's romance, with a very lyrical language. This book has been divided into books and altogether very symbolic. And the writing. Do you expect to read a mystery with very verbose/poetic language? I didn't.
Random things I liked about this book:
- The way Julianna evolved to the reader
- The way Katrina was personified
- THE PLOT
- Threading together some details that we otherwise tend to overlook
Speaking of details though, I felt as if some were wholly not needed, Some characters that wave their hands out of some chapters had whole chapters devoted to their biography.
And did i tell you that i'm going to read this book again, more slowly this time?