A boy will not give up on finidng his sister who was kidnapped a year ago. ( )

"Darkness is a cancer of the human heart

This surprised me be being near impossible to put down. Even though there were parts I thought were a little too easy - I do love that much of it was not. The characters - Katherine, Alyssa, Johnny, Jack - all of them were well done and hard to read. I liked that none of the characters were squeaky clean but they all had their dark side or tipping point.

I like that I feel like the reactions from the police, procedure and reactions were realistic and didn't feel fake, bumbling or ridiculous.

I am looking forward to reading another book by this author. ( )

A TOTALLY ADDICTING MURDER THRILLER! ( )

I tried, I really did. And based on the almost universal positive reviews, I'm in the minority. But I really don't get the fuss about this book. The characterization was dreadful, so full of stereotypes that not a single character felt real to me - the passive and childlike, drug-addled mother, the abusive and skeevy boyfriend-of-mother who is also the rich man who owns the town, the cop who is tormented by the one unsolved case, etc. etc. etc. There's even a character who has all the hallmarks of the Magical Negro.

Audiobook, borrowed from my public library via Overdrive. Scott Sowers gives an awkwardly stilted performance as narrator. DNF at 18%, or about 2 2/3 hours in.



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Easy, interesting story to read. ( )