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stevem0214's review against another edition
2.0
Not a bad book, actually pretty good, but a horrible ending. Left too much left unsaid. I felt like the writer just got tired and decided to end it there.
katemoxie's review against another edition
2.0
I loved the Jane Whitefield series. I enjoyed the first two Butcher's Boy novels (need to find #3). "Nightlife" dragged on and on and on. With nearly 100 pages to go I simply couldn't endure yet another murder by Charlene and skipped to the last three pages. Disappointing read, but satisfactory ending.
_reags_'s review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
claudetteb's review against another edition
3.0
I love most of Perry's work. Love love love the Butcher Boy series! So I was very much looking forward to this book. Well.... I did get through it, but it was tough slogging. This book could have been 100 pages shorter, with many portions that didn't advance either the character development or the story taken out. Then, after reading and reading and reading, the book ends very abruptly!
lava77's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting character of a cold-blooded murderer and the search for her.
bjerz's review against another edition
2.0
A very James Patterson-ish book about women, very bad and pretty good. The main bad girl is pretty nuts and keeps getting more nuts. The main good girl chases her around with grudging help from a handsome retired PI. A beach book but no more.
ericwelch's review against another edition
4.0
Audiobook. Thomas Perry delivers a fine novel about a chameleon-like woman who preys on men (just how deliberate her actions might be I will leave to other readers.) Perry presents the story from a variety of different points-of-view: the Portland detective sergeant looking for her; the gambling-addicted former D.A. office’s retired investigator, and Hugo Poole, the local crime boss’s, hired gun. The killing that started the manhunt and flight was that of Hugo Poole’s cousin and Poole wants to know if the killing might have been revenge for something he himself had done.
There are lots of similarities to Perry’s Jane Whitfield series. The woman, who adopts multiple identities--much too easily IMO ( it just can’t be that easy to create new drivers licenses, and having scanners and printers close at hand all the time also seemed a bit fortuitous) -- manages to stay several steps ahead of her pursuers. How she does it provides for an intriguing, excellent long-flight read or listen.
A minor complaint is that there is often extensive backstory to minor characters with only ten pages to live.
There are lots of similarities to Perry’s Jane Whitfield series. The woman, who adopts multiple identities--much too easily IMO ( it just can’t be that easy to create new drivers licenses, and having scanners and printers close at hand all the time also seemed a bit fortuitous) -- manages to stay several steps ahead of her pursuers. How she does it provides for an intriguing, excellent long-flight read or listen.
A minor complaint is that there is often extensive backstory to minor characters with only ten pages to live.
hazelbright's review
4.0
Kind of an abrupt ending. I always enjoy Perry novels with female protagonists. Not all men can write women well, but Perry can.
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