Read between: 11th-23rd January 2024
Published: 21st February 2019
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Rating: 📖📖📖.5
Review:
This is the first Charlie Parker book I've read and I did enjoy it. The case on the whole was really interesting as well as the links to the character of Quayle. You think he's after someone but it turns out it's a something and that was surprising. I didn't feel like it was something you needed to kill lots of people for.
But it added to the suspense. If there's one thing this book was good at, it was building the suspense. Once I got into the story I was hooked. The writing is brilliant.
Although this is book 16 in a series I felt like there was enough backstory for Parker that I didn't need to go back and read more- I am curious whether any of the events that happen here are followed up in other books.
The only thing that made me rate the book lower was all the supernatural elements. I'm not sure if that's something John Connolly does but it took away the mystery with the ghost of the Woman in the Woods contacting a child in the living world.
Rather than finding it creepy I just found it a bit…..out of place?
Enjoyable story and a well written thriller. I may read more but I'm not sure. We shall see!
3.5 stars
Thanks for reading!
~Katie
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