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Niceville (2012)

by Carsten Stroud(Favorite Author)

3.2 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

030770095X (ISBN13: 9780307700957)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Knopf

series

Niceville

review 1: My father used to throw books in the trash if he thought they were bad reads. He didn't want anyone else to have to read them. My "Niceville" is in the trash can. Chopped up story lines, chapters that end too soon and new characters that are continuously Introduced make the characters and story line hard to follow. Plus, there is not even an attempt at an ending -- it is sold as a book but is nothing more than a partial book to make you have to buy the next book. I want a refund.
review 2: Actually 3 1/2 stars for this one. Niceville is the first book in a projected trilogy. The titular town is an eerie and unsettling place, peopled with interesting, well-drawn characters. The author creates a nice, understated sense of dread and unease, and peppers the invo... morelved (and a bit convoluted) heist-story of the book with just enough supernatural elements to tempt the reader and hopefully signal and uptick in the supernatural activity as the series continues. This is a quintessential southern gothic style ghost-story in many ways. I enjoyed the way the author paralleled the ghost-story aspects of his novel with the modern hard-nosed thriller "Breaking Bad" style elements. I've already started the 2nd book in the series, Homecoming. It picked up exactly where Niceville concludes. I'm looking forward to the advance of the Niceville mysteries in book 2 of the series. less

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