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Six Wicked Reasons by Jo Spain

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jessisphere's review

2.0

Mja, den här gick inte hem hos mig. Storyn känns som en sämre version av något av Liane Moriarty (och omslaget också).

Familjen Lattimer återförenas för att sonen Adam plötsligt dykt upp efter tio år som försvunnen, och en massa olösta konflikter och känslor lurar under ytan. När pappan drunkar riktas misstankarna mot de sex syskonen.

Jag gillade ingen av karaktärerna och var inte särskilt intresserad av upplösningen, som också krävde lite för mycket förklaring. Skummade slutet.

caoilfhionn73's review

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dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

brandia's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

bookietracey's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

laurarash's review against another edition

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5.0

Alternating time periods & characters made for a fascinating telling of a wonderful whodunnit that kept me guessing the whole time!

domino911's review against another edition

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4.0

In SIX WICKED REASONS, Jo Spain gives us the ultimate dysfunctional family. The Lattimers are ostensibly Wexford gentry - huge mansion, trust funds, business portfolio which promises untold riches to the six grown children when it matures - they have everything and are envied and despised by the villagers of Spanish Cove. Beneath the surface though the family is anything but blessed and when Adam Lattimer, missing ten years and assumed dead, returns to the family home, things fall apart quickly. Frazer Lattimer, a horrible man who gave all of his children a reason to hate him, is dead and was possibly already so when he fell from a yacht in the cove. But, was he murdered, and who killed him?

Jo Spain builds tension slowly jumping in time from before Frazer's death to the investigation following it, an investigation undertaken by a young policeman who grew up with the family. The story evolves through the revolving viewpoints of each of the children, their 'uncle' Danny and Garda Rob Downes. SIX WICKED REASONS is continually surprising and the reveal, when it eventual comes, is totally unexpected; an enjoyable whodunnit which nods strongly to the Agatha Christie model even as it subverts it.

laobooks's review

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

cheriese's review against another edition

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3.0

hmm kind of messy but it wasn't *awful* ??

genesisnia_'s review against another edition

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3.0

I wanted to like this book more but it kind of fell short for me. I think it was a lot of background information that the author wanted us to have but it felt like it was a bit unnecessary. I would have loved to have it go from past to present instead of flipping between all of the characters and time frames. Two times, I was a little confused of where I was because of the constant flipping. Otherwise, it was a decent read

kaatemcn's review

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dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Excellent book!

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