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giard's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Wow. Great storyteller.
johnthebiker300's review against another edition
Very enjoyable. Good strong ending and good characters.
Would definitely read more from this author
Would definitely read more from this author
carolyn0613's review against another edition
3.0
I do like a police procedural and thought this story was very good. It was tightly plotted and moved along at a great pace. I did find the characters a little one-sided, especially the minor one - I felt that the family were dispatched out of the story line quite hastily, but also that they weren't adding much to the storyline int he first place. Another minor niggle was the overused plot device of the killer coming after the main character. I'm sure this is a very rare occurrence in real life but seems to happen in every book like this that I read. One final niggle - the pet dog attacks a human but with no consequences - it's the bad guys so it's fine. Not acceptable. That dog should have been put down! It wouldn't be safe around children after that. Still, it's a good book and I do recommend it.
nixbix_reads's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was a gripping & fast paced read - I was hooked right from the start! I thought Dr Lucas Page was an interesting character - he doesn’t suffer fools & is prone to ruffling the feathers of almost everyone. I enjoyed seeing him work with Whitaker as they developed a good rapport.
I found this really easy to read, which was definitely helped by the short chapters. It was intense and bloody and I enjoyed every minute of it. I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
I found this really easy to read, which was definitely helped by the short chapters. It was intense and bloody and I enjoyed every minute of it. I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
marilynw's review against another edition
3.0
City of Windows (Lucas Page #1)
by Robert Pobi, Stephen Graybill (Narrator)
This story was interesting but there is so much preaching and so many speeches that I eventually just got worn down by it all. The preaching and speeches made it easy to guess where things were going so that took away a lot of the suspense. And some decisions that were made seemed unwise when there is a killer out there targeting certain people. I won't say more because to mention the unwise decisions would give things away. I guess this story and this series are just not for me.
by Robert Pobi, Stephen Graybill (Narrator)
This story was interesting but there is so much preaching and so many speeches that I eventually just got worn down by it all. The preaching and speeches made it easy to guess where things were going so that took away a lot of the suspense. And some decisions that were made seemed unwise when there is a killer out there targeting certain people. I won't say more because to mention the unwise decisions would give things away. I guess this story and this series are just not for me.
jesswombat's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
readingwithmygoldens's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 rounding up!
Wow this was good. I mean, really good. I want to mention at the top that this is not a 5 star book (in my opinion of course), BUT this is NOT a 4 star book either. I am firmly of the mindset that this belongs in the middle - however, whenever I am in these situations I always round up.
So, with that out of the way - commence review!!
I was so kindly granted an early review copy of the second book in this series from Minotaur Books. It sounded really good, but I prefer to start at the beginning and I only missed one book so I thought I'd start here. I'm really, glad I did. This book checked a lot of boxes for me: mystery/crime fiction, political fiction, very up to date on current events and well researched. It only took me so long to read this because I had some other books I needed to read in between.
I want to caution those who are considering this as their next read or a read in the future: If you're a big fan of the Trump Administration - don't read this. The author makes it very clear where all the characters stand and it is not in favor. It was really kind of over the top at the beginning that it even started to bother me (like okay, we get it - and I am not a Trump fan what so ever), but thankfully it stopped and I was able to really enjoy it. My other slight critique (although this is not responsible for lowering the rating), is that I wish it had a little more backstory into Lucas Page's character, but its quite possible that will be included in the second book. The parts you did learn definitely made you want to find out more - so hopefully its covered in the second book.
Overall, if you heed my warnings, this is a great book to enjoy as a palate cleanser or just something to read if you really enjoy books in this genre. I absolutely cannot wait to read the second book and I hope a third book is being worked on now!
Thanks to the Buffalo Library for the copy I read.
Review Date: 09/16/2020
Publication Date: 08/06/2019
Wow this was good. I mean, really good. I want to mention at the top that this is not a 5 star book (in my opinion of course), BUT this is NOT a 4 star book either. I am firmly of the mindset that this belongs in the middle - however, whenever I am in these situations I always round up.
So, with that out of the way - commence review!!
I was so kindly granted an early review copy of the second book in this series from Minotaur Books. It sounded really good, but I prefer to start at the beginning and I only missed one book so I thought I'd start here. I'm really, glad I did. This book checked a lot of boxes for me: mystery/crime fiction, political fiction, very up to date on current events and well researched. It only took me so long to read this because I had some other books I needed to read in between.
I want to caution those who are considering this as their next read or a read in the future: If you're a big fan of the Trump Administration - don't read this. The author makes it very clear where all the characters stand and it is not in favor. It was really kind of over the top at the beginning that it even started to bother me (like okay, we get it - and I am not a Trump fan what so ever), but thankfully it stopped and I was able to really enjoy it. My other slight critique (although this is not responsible for lowering the rating), is that I wish it had a little more backstory into Lucas Page's character, but its quite possible that will be included in the second book. The parts you did learn definitely made you want to find out more - so hopefully its covered in the second book.
Overall, if you heed my warnings, this is a great book to enjoy as a palate cleanser or just something to read if you really enjoy books in this genre. I absolutely cannot wait to read the second book and I hope a third book is being worked on now!
Thanks to the Buffalo Library for the copy I read.
Review Date: 09/16/2020
Publication Date: 08/06/2019
firdaws's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
notlikethebeer's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Having never heard of Lucas Page (or, indeed, Robert Pobi) before, I came across this book completely by accident. However, I'm really pleased that I did! This was fantastically gripping, keeping me absorbed from the start all the way through to the end. Weird detail for a review, but I thought that the use of weather was really good, it made it very atmospheric! I do feel that the pacing was a little off maybe, there was a lot of build-up for quite a quick conclusion, but I did like that there were some twists even when I thought we'd 'got there' at the end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Gun violence, Gore, and Murder