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Snatched
by Karin Slaughter
I read the Will Trent series by Karin Slaughter last year, all of the full novels. I gave the novellas a pass because at the time I wasn't big on ebooks. Since I'm currently going through an ebook binge, figured why not? I loved the novels, so let's see how the shorter stories went.
It was fine. Like I dunno what else to say really. It wasn't bad by any means, but it was just kind of okay. Like sure it's technically a Will Trent story and Will Trent is the main character, but I didn't care. It didn't add anything to the overall series. I think if you're not big on ebooks, but you love the series (as was the case with me last fall), you're not missing out on much.
There were a lot of chase scenes in this, and a lot of following people with the cameras in the airport. I'm not a huge fan of chase scenes because they kinda feel dull to me. The perp runs, Will runs. The perp turns a corner, Will turns a corner. The perp pushes through a crowd of people, Will gets shoved on his way through. Like it just drags and doesn't add anything. It's normally something I overlook because it doesn't bother me too much, but this book is only seventy pages long and it felt like a good percentage of that was chase scenes. Ten pages out of 350 is not a whole lot, but ten pages out of 70 and it's suddenly a big portion of the story.
I liked the mystery aspect (this girl has been kidnapped, we must find her), but it didn't really feel like anything special. There weren't any plot twists or interesting developments. It just kind of unfolded the way you would expect.
There's nothing that stood out to me about this. I didn't dislike it, but also I won't remember it tomorrow. I've read better and significantly more memorable books by Karin Slaughter. It felt like she turned this into a novella because it was originally a story idea that didn't have the legs to carry a full book.
If you like Will Trent, I'd say go ahead and pick this up. It wasn't great, but there was nothing wrong with it either. It was just kind of fine. It won't take up much of your time and it was fun to see an extra little Will Trent snippet. There's nothing about this that will stick with me, but I was pleased enough while reading it and tomorrow I'll probably read the second novella in the series.
It was fine. Like I dunno what else to say really. It wasn't bad by any means, but it was just kind of okay. Like sure it's technically a Will Trent story and Will Trent is the main character, but I didn't care. It didn't add anything to the overall series. I think if you're not big on ebooks, but you love the series (as was the case with me last fall), you're not missing out on much.
There were a lot of chase scenes in this, and a lot of following people with the cameras in the airport. I'm not a huge fan of chase scenes because they kinda feel dull to me. The perp runs, Will runs. The perp turns a corner, Will turns a corner. The perp pushes through a crowd of people, Will gets shoved on his way through. Like it just drags and doesn't add anything. It's normally something I overlook because it doesn't bother me too much, but this book is only seventy pages long and it felt like a good percentage of that was chase scenes. Ten pages out of 350 is not a whole lot, but ten pages out of 70 and it's suddenly a big portion of the story.
I liked the mystery aspect (this girl has been kidnapped, we must find her), but it didn't really feel like anything special. There weren't any plot twists or interesting developments. It just kind of unfolded the way you would expect.
There's nothing that stood out to me about this. I didn't dislike it, but also I won't remember it tomorrow. I've read better and significantly more memorable books by Karin Slaughter. It felt like she turned this into a novella because it was originally a story idea that didn't have the legs to carry a full book.
If you like Will Trent, I'd say go ahead and pick this up. It wasn't great, but there was nothing wrong with it either. It was just kind of fine. It won't take up much of your time and it was fun to see an extra little Will Trent snippet. There's nothing about this that will stick with me, but I was pleased enough while reading it and tomorrow I'll probably read the second novella in the series.