Jami E. Nettles

Fascinating glimpse into a job I knew absolutely nothing about. I loved this description of the work and thoughts of an EMT. I am very easily grossed out and always wondered how anyone could do this job and found this compelling.

Seems hard to believe that an epic struggle could be so boring, but the author focuses on such strange parts of the story, with little sense of action or flow. Flowery, implausible thoughts are given room, leaving little space for building suspense. I made myself finish, but at the end I just didn't care at all.

I could not engage with this story. Although the book starts with the victim dead, I never learned enough about her to care. The characters didn't follow logical arcs, and I quit listening about 2/3 through when it fell apart for me. I tried but I did not enjoy any of this.

I quit with 20 minutes left to go. Could see one major and distracting twist coming a mile away and by the time the others arrived, I just didn't care about these people any more. And the narration - just tooooo much. Hours of whatever that emotion was - I can't even. I enjoyed this less than any real book I've read in a long time. it is edited and linear so I'll give it a couple of stars, but would not recommend it.

This is a well written, well edited book about an unsolved murder that took place in the main character's childhood, but such a refreshing change from many "psychological thrillers" on the market today. The characters behave in ways that are reasonably unreasonable - just like real people do - to make the entire story compelling. I was not waiting breathlessly to find the mystery solved, but enjoyed the book from beginning to end.

This was everything I could have wanted to happen in the Smiley finale. So beautifully written, so heart breaking, read with a voice like butter. I don't know if I can read ordinary books again so going back to start over on the Smiley books.

I think this author is just too nice to write suspense. The plot was uncomplicated by realistic details with holes you could walk through, the characters all cartoonishly nice, and spoiler alert, this all isn't setting you up to find a dark underbelly. Honestly, just kind of dumb. No mystery except how it was published.

The key to the mystery is pretty obvious with big hints dropped early, but it's the characters and their motives that make this book such a pleasure. A very refreshing read, hopefully the start of a series.

Jon Ronson is both interesting and entertaining' as usual. He doesn't try to be neutral and I'm not sure I agree with his conclusions, but I love the book and conversation about the ripple effects of free online pornography.

This is one of those books that is so oddly contrived that it was just dumb. Giant plot holes where people don't behave the way rational people would, ham handed symbolism. I did like the narrator, but in general a book built around an intricate flowchart of people and back stories that were more gimmick than character development.

Finished it because I was traveling but could only do it on a higher speed. Slow narration adds false gravitas to a book that rings false over and over. Big unexplained holes and classic tropes in a red herring/locked door kind of mystery. Low quality even for a beach read.