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The Survivors Club (2013)

by J. Carson Black(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1612182712 (ISBN13: 9781612182711)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Thomas & Mercer

review 1: This book was awful!I am not sure why I even finished it.I found it lacking in story, the characters were shallow and simple, and the language was too clichéd. Poor flow, and everything was tell, not show. (Not to mention all the "he grinned", "she grinned", "we all grinned a lot even though this was supposed to be suspense or a thriller".)Where was the suspense? The character development? The twists?Sorry, but no.
review 2: 2.5 First: the animal doesn't die, but is severely wounded. That costs the story one half star for me. This is a fine, fast-paced, read-in-one-sitting type of thriller. It does get very gory at the end, and I had to skim a couple of passages. One thing I don't get about this book at all: The author makes a big deal in the opening ch... moreapters about the lead's super autobiographical memory. Yet the SAM never really plays a pivotal part in the solving of the case. It's especially annoying because the author doesn't seem to understand SAM. Most of the time she has the lead do things that are eidetic, not super autobiographical. Yet even the eidetic recalls are nothing earth-shattering or case-solving. At best having her "remember" a news article just saves a paragraph here and there where another cop would look something up on a computer. If you want a book to read on a short plane trip, this is an ok choice. less

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