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A Killer Harvest by Paul Cleave

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ciska's review

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

tatydk's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

myrdyr's review against another edition

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3.0

3.4/5 stars. It was ok, but it had quite a few flaws that prevented it from being better. Much of the story was just too OTT for me. I can't say I buy into the idea of cellular memory on a mild scale, never mind the extreme form found here. I think what bothered me the most was that it wasn't quite science-fictiony enough for me to buy into the premise of the story, so then the fact that these few people were effected in this way when no one else in the story had experienced the same degree of cellular memory just seems contrived and lazy. I also found quite a few amazing leaps when characters were connecting the plot dots. It was too big a stretch to believe that the characters would make the connections they did and arrive at the correct conclusions based on the information with which they were presented. Again, this felt contrived and lazy. I will say that Cleave's overall writing style is good enough that I was willing to overlook these flaws and read the book through to the end. I know he is capable of better, so I will try another from him and hope he steps up his game.

katelyn162's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

rojo25's review against another edition

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1.0

Just not my thing. It began to lose me with cellular memory and became ridiculous from there.

noveldeelights's review

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5.0

Let me just start by saying right off the bat : if you’ve never read a Paul Cleave book, you are seriously missing out! It seems to me like not enough people are talking about him and they should be as he’s a fantastic voice in the thriller genre! I was introduced to him a few years ago by my dear friend Dom and I’ve not looked back since. I always expect some level of uniqueness from this author and once again, he absolutely delivers.

Joshua was born blind and is convinced he’s been cursed from birth. But when the man who was raising him, a police officer, is killed along with the murder suspect he was chasing, things will start to look very differently. In more ways than one. Joshua gets a new pair of eyes but due to a bit of an incident, he ends up with one eye from the police officer and one eye from the killer.

This is the sort of premise only a genius like Paul Cleave can come up with. A Killer Harvest has such a complicated and intricate plot, yet it’s executed brilliantly. There’s quite a large cast of characters but it never gets confusing. While the storyline is rather dark and disturbing at times, you can always count on the author to somehow add a dash of humour along the way. There were moments where I surprisingly snorted with laughter while being simultaneously utterly grossed out.

This is one of those books you just can’t put down, perfect for binge-reading. Well-paced, suspenseful and with a spine-chilling conclusion, it held my attention from start to finish. Yet it’s also quite thought-provoking at times as some murkier intentions come to the fore. Absolutely phenomenal! This is a must-read and I highly recommend you pick this one up and also check out Cleave’s other work. He deserves to be on everyone’s list of go-to authors and I absolutely can’t wait for whatever Paul Cleave comes up with next!