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A River of Crows by Shanessa Gluhm
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.5
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Crows mate for life. Crows have funerals. Crows never forget a face. This was really an enjoyable book. Her prose, plot and pacing were well done. Her characters were all very relatable, believable, and likable. The twists were completely unexpected and kept on coming up to the very end! If I had one negative, which isn't really a terrible negative at all is, I believe that it went on for a bit too long. And when I say a bit I really mean just a bit. I will be reading more by this author and have already marked her other book on Goodreads as a to be read.
Crows mate for life. Crows have funerals. Crows never forget a face. This was really an enjoyable book. Her prose, plot and pacing were well done. Her characters were all very relatable, believable, and likable. The twists were completely unexpected and kept on coming up to the very end! If I had one negative, which isn't really a terrible negative at all is, I believe that it went on for a bit too long. And when I say a bit I really mean just a bit. I will be reading more by this author and have already marked her other book on Goodreads as a to be read.
Righteous by Joe Ide
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
3.0
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Righteous -Joe Ide (IQ 2 of 6)
⭐- 3/5
Over all a really solid installment of this great PI series! All the regular characters got some forward movement in the fleshing out of their stories, making them all even more likeable/believable. The plot and action were non stop once we got into the thick of things, it took a bit to get there, but once there it was relentless, keeping me flipping pages like a mad man. I need to get my hands on the third in the series, so it may be a little while , but I'll definitely dive back in !!
Righteous -Joe Ide (IQ 2 of 6)
⭐- 3/5
Over all a really solid installment of this great PI series! All the regular characters got some forward movement in the fleshing out of their stories, making them all even more likeable/believable. The plot and action were non stop once we got into the thick of things, it took a bit to get there, but once there it was relentless, keeping me flipping pages like a mad man. I need to get my hands on the third in the series, so it may be a little while , but I'll definitely dive back in !!
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
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Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys
⭐ - 4.5 / 5
I only heard about this author this year. Apparently she is a fairly well received historical fiction author, I actually picked up another one of her books, The Fountains of Silence, which I DNF'd. Luckily this one more than made up for that!! The back cover states that this tragedy was 10 times deadlier than the Titanic.January 30th 1945, over some 9,000 Lithuanians Estonians Ethnic Germans, East Prussians and Poles lost their lives to the three torpedoes launched from the Russian submarine s-13. Thankfully Ruta was able to tell the story! The pacing and plot of the story were great she put me in in the first few pages and kept going to the end which I really love!! I will be giving her another chance because I have two more books here by her! Out of the Easy and I must Betray You.
Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys
⭐ - 4.5 / 5
I only heard about this author this year. Apparently she is a fairly well received historical fiction author, I actually picked up another one of her books, The Fountains of Silence, which I DNF'd. Luckily this one more than made up for that!! The back cover states that this tragedy was 10 times deadlier than the Titanic.January 30th 1945, over some 9,000 Lithuanians Estonians Ethnic Germans, East Prussians and Poles lost their lives to the three torpedoes launched from the Russian submarine s-13. Thankfully Ruta was able to tell the story! The pacing and plot of the story were great she put me in in the first few pages and kept going to the end which I really love!! I will be giving her another chance because I have two more books here by her! Out of the Easy and I must Betray You.
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
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Hell of a Book - Jason Mott
✨ - 5/5
Wow... Just Wow. This book deserves all the stars and all the Awards and all the book prizes. This one is gonna be with me for a while. If you end up reading it, just know, the beginning is a little weird but then around the 50% mark things start making a little bit more sense, and then wow... just wow !!!
Hell of a Book - Jason Mott
✨ - 5/5
Wow... Just Wow. This book deserves all the stars and all the Awards and all the book prizes. This one is gonna be with me for a while. If you end up reading it, just know, the beginning is a little weird but then around the 50% mark things start making a little bit more sense, and then wow... just wow !!!
The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson
I'm having a hard time reviewing this book. And perhaps I should really give it a 3.5 star rating. But I'm not sure if I will. The problem was that in three quarters or more of this book there was just enough to keep you from DNFing it, but not really a lot that made you want to continue reading. Until the last 100 pages or so. But I mean, I guess, by finishing it that shows that I was invested enough to keep on going. However, it was a chore. I guess I'll end this review by saying it was a solid enough for me to keep me invested but I won't be reading more of the books in the series.
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I'm having a hard time reviewing this book. And perhaps I should really give it a 3.5 star rating. But I'm not sure if I will. The problem was that in three quarters or more of this book there was just enough to keep you from DNFing it, but not really a lot that made you want to continue reading. Until the last 100 pages or so. But I mean, I guess, by finishing it that shows that I was invested enough to keep on going. However, it was a chore. I guess I'll end this review by saying it was a solid enough for me to keep me invested but I won't be reading more of the books in the series.
The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry
4.0
Overall I enjoyed this book very much,It got me back into the whole Knights Templar History (which is facinating).
The Villa Of Mysteries by David Hewson
4.0
I was lucky to find this book right after it came out in PB, as I have a hard time spending $25.00 for any book in HB. It is a great book,featuring Roman Police Detective Nic Costa,the first in a series.
Speak of the Devil: A Novel of Suspense by Richard Hawke
3.0
Well written.This may be telling a bit to much about myself but I did not see the ending coming. Can not wait to read his next book.
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
5.0
There are not very many books that I just can not put down, some are very hard to put down but I do eventually. Life gets in the way you know how it is. But this one (and a few of his others) were very very very hard to put down for the night.