This has been the only Jane Harper novel to disappoint me so far (only one left to read and it's the third book in this series). I just didn't connect with this story the way I have all of her others. I like Aaron Falk as the main character and I really loved The Dry, but there was a distance from this book I haven't felt before.

None of the people involved in the actual mystery are main characters. We get their perspectives and get a window into their lives, but Aaron Falk is carrying the book and investigating with his partner. I feel like because of that, it felt a little bit less. The books Harper write really need that personal connection for me. It was a little bit purposeless without that. I just didn't care.

I did find that I was fairly bored throughout this book, just waiting for stuff to happen. It wasn't exciting, it wasn't emotional, it wasn't interesting. It just kind of wasn't anything at all.

But even that being said, I like her writing style. I like the characters she writes and I like the story on a conceptual basis. I did enjoy this. It's just compared to the rest of her books, this is the only one I haven't loved. It's a perfectly fine mystery/thriller, but I'm not sure I'd have read through all her books if I had started with this one.