Oh my word, I don't even know where to begin with this review.
I loved the Whisper Man! I went into that one blind, I didn't even read the synopsis, not even the first sentence. Saw the cover, saw the genre, saw the overall rating and said, "Sure, why not?" And it was a 5 star read for me. So going into thrillers totally blind has been my new thing. Not even reading a sentence. It just allows me to be completely taken by surprise from the get go, and I LOVE IT. Thrillers is a tough genre. It's basically all been done, right? So, how do you keep the thrills and the suspense, and the twists coming? Well, Alex North seems to have it figured out and done it yet again!
Since I think this is another one that's great for going into blind, I don't want to say anything about the story itself, but I will say that I was honestly thrown off and surprised. I love when there's twists I don't see coming.
This is great for anyone who likes a slow, steady building suspense thriller. The narrators, Hannah Arterton and John Heffernan, were wonderful and helped me to connect to their characters while the story was building. The alternating of past and present timelines was a brilliant way to give us mini cliffhangers. Since the story does jump between timelines and characters, it was helpful having the dual narrators.
The story, and narrators, kept me intrigued (and surprised) throughout. I don't always need an edge of your seat thriller, so I found The Shadows highly enjoyable. I pre-ordered a signed copy from the UK, which I'm still waiting for delivery (thanks Covid!), and I'm looking forward to reading it and seeing what hints where left that I missed.
The only thing that didn't work well for me was the ending. It wasn't awful, it just .... fell a little flat for me. Sure, I didn't see it coming until we neared the end, but I still wanted something...more. I loved how The Whisper Man ended, so maybe I just had my expectations a little too high.
But overall, fantastic thriller!
Huge thanks to Netgalley & Macmillan Audio/Celadon books for the ALC and the opportunity to share my thoughts.
I loved the Whisper Man! I went into that one blind, I didn't even read the synopsis, not even the first sentence. Saw the cover, saw the genre, saw the overall rating and said, "Sure, why not?" And it was a 5 star read for me. So going into thrillers totally blind has been my new thing. Not even reading a sentence. It just allows me to be completely taken by surprise from the get go, and I LOVE IT. Thrillers is a tough genre. It's basically all been done, right? So, how do you keep the thrills and the suspense, and the twists coming? Well, Alex North seems to have it figured out and done it yet again!
Since I think this is another one that's great for going into blind, I don't want to say anything about the story itself, but I will say that I was honestly thrown off and surprised. I love when there's twists I don't see coming.
This is great for anyone who likes a slow, steady building suspense thriller. The narrators, Hannah Arterton and John Heffernan, were wonderful and helped me to connect to their characters while the story was building. The alternating of past and present timelines was a brilliant way to give us mini cliffhangers. Since the story does jump between timelines and characters, it was helpful having the dual narrators.
The story, and narrators, kept me intrigued (and surprised) throughout. I don't always need an edge of your seat thriller, so I found The Shadows highly enjoyable. I pre-ordered a signed copy from the UK, which I'm still waiting for delivery (thanks Covid!), and I'm looking forward to reading it and seeing what hints where left that I missed.
The only thing that didn't work well for me was the ending. It wasn't awful, it just .... fell a little flat for me. Sure, I didn't see it coming until we neared the end, but I still wanted something...more. I loved how The Whisper Man ended, so maybe I just had my expectations a little too high.
But overall, fantastic thriller!
Huge thanks to Netgalley & Macmillan Audio/Celadon books for the ALC and the opportunity to share my thoughts.