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nicolealycia's Reviews (959)
Not my favorite Riley Sager but still a really good mystery. I honestly think I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn’t been so busy while reading it. For me it started a little slow but I hit the last 200 or so pages and could not put it down! I just had to know what exactly the full story was even though I thought parts of it were a touch predictable (not all of the ending was though).
Overall I’m gonna rank this one 3 or 4 on the list of his books. I don’t think anything can top Lock Every Door and Home Before Dark for me.
Overall I’m gonna rank this one 3 or 4 on the list of his books. I don’t think anything can top Lock Every Door and Home Before Dark for me.
4.5/5 stars
I’m taking away the half star because I was slightly unsatisfied with the way the whole story ended and because one of the characters I was growing attached to in the last two books was killed off (not going to say who obviously)
Otherwise I thought this was a fantastic finale to the whole series. There were a few times when I thought the story slowed down a bit and a few others where I was questioning the authors choices regarding Annie which also attributed to the loss of the half star because I loved Annie from the beginning and there were times I was insanely frustrated with her in the book.
I won’t say much more though because I really did enjoy this one and I don’t want to give anything away in the series!
I’m taking away the half star because I was slightly unsatisfied with the way the whole story ended and because one of the characters I was growing attached to in the last two books was killed off (not going to say who obviously)
Otherwise I thought this was a fantastic finale to the whole series. There were a few times when I thought the story slowed down a bit and a few others where I was questioning the authors choices regarding Annie which also attributed to the loss of the half star because I loved Annie from the beginning and there were times I was insanely frustrated with her in the book.
I won’t say much more though because I really did enjoy this one and I don’t want to give anything away in the series!
Probably one of the more realistic thrillers I’ve read this year, the second book in the Rachel Krall series has Rachel brought into an FBI investigation after an influencer goes missing. I was very impressed with Goldin’s ability to create a trail of clues that even the average person would be able to follow and that didn’t seem to be overstretching a civilians ability to obtain information.
As per my usual, I thought the little bit of romance was totally unnecessary to the story as a whole unless she plans on continuing it in other books in the series (I don’t even know if there will be more books)
I enjoyed the overall story and thought it moved really quickly and kept me totally engaged the entire time which is all I ask for in my thrillers!
Excited to see what she does next!
As per my usual, I thought the little bit of romance was totally unnecessary to the story as a whole unless she plans on continuing it in other books in the series (I don’t even know if there will be more books)
I enjoyed the overall story and thought it moved really quickly and kept me totally engaged the entire time which is all I ask for in my thrillers!
Excited to see what she does next!
I saw a review comparing this book a bit to a Jason Borne movie but I really got some James Patterson vibes with this one. It almost felt like reading one of his Private books mixed in with the more detective-y novels …
This isn’t a bad thing because I’ve always enjoyed a good James Patterson book but this didn’t feel like a true Ruth Ware book for me.
All in all it was still a very action packed and exciting book and I definitely enjoyed it! Jacintha “Jack” Cross was a strong MC who was definitely a bit of a badass for doing everything she did. It definitely wasn’t what I was expecting from a Ruth Ware book and I’m curious to see what she’s going to come up with next. I definitely prefer her more creepier more domestic books like Turn of the Key and The Death of Mrs Westaway, those are two of my favorites! This felt more spy thriller attempt than anything
This isn’t a bad thing because I’ve always enjoyed a good James Patterson book but this didn’t feel like a true Ruth Ware book for me.
All in all it was still a very action packed and exciting book and I definitely enjoyed it! Jacintha “Jack” Cross was a strong MC who was definitely a bit of a badass for doing everything she did. It definitely wasn’t what I was expecting from a Ruth Ware book and I’m curious to see what she’s going to come up with next. I definitely prefer her more creepier more domestic books like Turn of the Key and The Death of Mrs Westaway, those are two of my favorites! This felt more spy thriller attempt than anything
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3.5/5 stars rounded up
Honestly, I think I would have enjoyed this more had I actually remembered what happened in the first two books in the series. The entire first third of the book I was like what are they talking about and who the hell are some of these people because I remembered almost none of what happened in the second book…
That being said, if you’re going to read this book and haven’t read the first two in a while I highly recommend finding a detailed summary and reading that first.
Once it got more into the story for this book though it did get a lot better. I still didn’t remember some of the people who were main characters (probably because they weren’t overly exciting characters to begin with) but it was easier to follow once I kinda put together who was who.
This one was good but I really do hope she moves on to other storylines going forward because I’m a little over Bayview now
Honestly, I think I would have enjoyed this more had I actually remembered what happened in the first two books in the series. The entire first third of the book I was like what are they talking about and who the hell are some of these people because I remembered almost none of what happened in the second book…
That being said, if you’re going to read this book and haven’t read the first two in a while I highly recommend finding a detailed summary and reading that first.
Once it got more into the story for this book though it did get a lot better. I still didn’t remember some of the people who were main characters (probably because they weren’t overly exciting characters to begin with) but it was easier to follow once I kinda put together who was who.
This one was good but I really do hope she moves on to other storylines going forward because I’m a little over Bayview now
This one took me forever to get through and I think part of it was because I was really starting to get annoyed with Kal in this book.
Aurora was on the path to becoming such a badass and he was trying to hold her back at every step. I get it, he loves her and wants to protect her but man was he soooo overbearing. By the end of the book he was my least favorite character and every time he was mentioned I cringed a little.
The coolest parts of the story were those with Scarlet, Fin, and Zila and those were the chapters that kept me engaged in the story. Tyler’s got better towards the end as well
I think part of it was I’m falling into a reading slump as well… hopefully I can get out of it quickly
Aurora was on the path to becoming such a badass and he was trying to hold her back at every step. I get it, he loves her and wants to protect her but man was he soooo overbearing. By the end of the book he was my least favorite character and every time he was mentioned I cringed a little.
The coolest parts of the story were those with Scarlet, Fin, and Zila and those were the chapters that kept me engaged in the story. Tyler’s got better towards the end as well
I think part of it was I’m falling into a reading slump as well… hopefully I can get out of it quickly
The illustrated edition is just so gorgeous!! It was so fun reading this edition of this book!
I will forever give this book 5 stars :)
I will forever give this book 5 stars :)
What the actual …. did I just read?
This book might be one of the craziest most messed up stories I’ve read in a while. Like what?
From page one you can tell that something is off with Josie Fair and it becomes more and more evident as the story goes on. But once Alix Summer started hearing the story of this outwardly normal and boring woman she couldn’t stop. She lets Josie invade her life and the story just gets more and more wild as it goes.
And then, just when you think you know what’s going on and have it figured out… you realize you have no clue who is actually telling the truth and what is actually going on at all. Like what really happened? Did we get the truth? And if we did, which is actually the truth? Or are little bits of the truth hidden in every story?
Awesome read, highly recommend this one!
This book might be one of the craziest most messed up stories I’ve read in a while. Like what?
From page one you can tell that something is off with Josie Fair and it becomes more and more evident as the story goes on. But once Alix Summer started hearing the story of this outwardly normal and boring woman she couldn’t stop. She lets Josie invade her life and the story just gets more and more wild as it goes.
And then, just when you think you know what’s going on and have it figured out… you realize you have no clue who is actually telling the truth and what is actually going on at all. Like what really happened? Did we get the truth? And if we did, which is actually the truth? Or are little bits of the truth hidden in every story?
Awesome read, highly recommend this one!
I was nervous to read this one because there was a bunch of hype around it but I think I was smiling the whole time I read it!
This book was so fun and so cute with the right amount of violence to make it a more adult book. Evil and The Villain were great main characters in my opinion and I loved their banter and flirting. The side characters really added to the story and I’m excited to see how it all plays out in the next book!
The story was a little all over the place at times but I still really enjoyed the book as a whole!
This book was so fun and so cute with the right amount of violence to make it a more adult book. Evil and The Villain were great main characters in my opinion and I loved their banter and flirting. The side characters really added to the story and I’m excited to see how it all plays out in the next book!
The story was a little all over the place at times but I still really enjoyed the book as a whole!