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Zero Days by Ruth Ware
3.0
This departs from Ruth Ware's usual schtick quite a bit.
I think my 2 stars off are due to the predictable plot and Jack making so many bad choices throughout the book that made her look like a prime suspect from the beginning. (And the surprise at the end coming in hot with my least favorite trope any book can offer. IYKYK.)
I loved the premise and was happy I forgot what the book was about when I finally started reading it. It was a lot of fun figuring out what was going on in the first scene.
Overall, if you usually like Ruth Ware, I'd say it's worth a read. It's an interesting crime thriller with a very stubborn and determined main character who has a cool job.
I think my 2 stars off are due to the predictable plot and Jack making so many bad choices throughout the book that made her look like a prime suspect from the beginning. (And the surprise at the end coming in hot with my least favorite trope any book can offer. IYKYK.)
I loved the premise and was happy I forgot what the book was about when I finally started reading it. It was a lot of fun figuring out what was going on in the first scene.
Overall, if you usually like Ruth Ware, I'd say it's worth a read. It's an interesting crime thriller with a very stubborn and determined main character who has a cool job.
Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano
4.0
Reminiscent of The Village and The Wicker Man!!
A potentially cultish island, a missing sister, a pressing moral dilemma, a hint of the supernatural, mixed media chapters, multiple narrators, the OJ Simpson white Bronco chase, Wisconsin... What else could you ask for, really?
But seriously, I was in this book basically non-stop.I think the author did a great job at keeping things under wraps until just the right moment. I am a sucker for mysteries involving isolated towns with big secrets, and this delivered everything and more.
A potentially cultish island, a missing sister, a pressing moral dilemma, a hint of the supernatural, mixed media chapters, multiple narrators, the OJ Simpson white Bronco chase, Wisconsin... What else could you ask for, really?
But seriously, I was in this book basically non-stop.I think the author did a great job at keeping things under wraps until just the right moment. I am a sucker for mysteries involving isolated towns with big secrets, and this delivered everything and more.