Reviews

When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica

itsjustme2's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

This should not have been marked as a thriller. Beyond boring with a terrible ending. 

nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

This book wasn’t what I expected. And intriguing premise, but the ending was a bit meh.

kallmekirby's review

1.0

how was this even marketed as a thriller?? Also...it was all a dream?? Are you serious? That's one of the biggest writing cliches in the world.

laurenscholle's review

4.0

girl WHAT???? I didn’t figure it out until it was written out. nice bc no m*rder.

eri_cat93's review against another edition

3.0

Another great read from Mary Kubica that is really really good & compelling & engaging until the last ~3 chapters and then I just stopped caring. This one is hard to describe without ruining the “twist” but I’ll at least say that it was underwhelming for me. The entire book has a great slow build of chaos that kept the pages turning but ultimately it fell flat for me instead of ending in some satisfying, crazy way.
Technically, because of the nature of the twist, there are not loose ends to this story but as a reader who bought into the tale I feel a bit short changed.

charleneelyce's review against another edition

2.0

⭐️⭐️

I guess I forgot to rate this book and now that I'm looking back, I don't remember much about this book AT ALL. I'm sitting here scratching my head trying to remember anything about it and nothing is coming to mind. So, because of that, I'm going to give it 2 ⭐️s. If it had been any good I would've remembered something!

easchesm's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

gmm1966's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

miss_snek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

j_h_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

Confused? You will be by the end of this book if you are anything like me. Stupid and a waste of energy reading it.