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mbpartlow's review against another edition
4.0
Not for the squeamish. Some of the details are horrifying.
A successful author receives a note saying there is a dead body buried on his property. He has to find it, retrieve a phone # from the pocket and call the number before a certain time, or police will be alerted to the body's location.
The body happens to be covered with his blood. Killed by a knife from his home.
You won't be in suspense about who sent the mysterious note for too long. But what will keep you hanging is how far will a madman go? And how far can a man be pushed before he's willing to start crossing moral lines he never thought he'd have to draw in the first place?
Are serial killers born? Or made? Or trained?
This book is like passing a big, freakish accident. Studying the details makes you ill, but you cannot look away.
A successful author receives a note saying there is a dead body buried on his property. He has to find it, retrieve a phone # from the pocket and call the number before a certain time, or police will be alerted to the body's location.
The body happens to be covered with his blood. Killed by a knife from his home.
You won't be in suspense about who sent the mysterious note for too long. But what will keep you hanging is how far will a madman go? And how far can a man be pushed before he's willing to start crossing moral lines he never thought he'd have to draw in the first place?
Are serial killers born? Or made? Or trained?
This book is like passing a big, freakish accident. Studying the details makes you ill, but you cannot look away.
emzbeez's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
dillonbrantley's review against another edition
3.0
It's a decent thriller for the first half that struggles at the midpoint, but ends satisfyingly. The writing at times was unclear and unpolished, but it only occasionally detracted from the experience.
amy123456789's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture
jfraser82's review against another edition
1.0
I stopped this one. It was so slow and ended up being far more gruesome then I expected. I loved his other books that I read but this wasn't quite what I was expecting.
rintintin's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
daisystitch's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I almost gave up early on because of the very graphic violence, but I'm glad I continued to the end.
I'm a fan of Blake Crouch's later work and although this doesn't quite match up, it roared along and drew me into Andrew's story.
Not sure how it will continue in the sequels, but I'm looking forward to finding out.
I'm a fan of Blake Crouch's later work and although this doesn't quite match up, it roared along and drew me into Andrew's story.
Not sure how it will continue in the sequels, but I'm looking forward to finding out.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Rape, Violence, Child abuse, Gore, and Kidnapping
swaggoo72's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
owenjetton's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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? It's complicated
4.25
posies23's review against another edition
4.0
I used to have a copy of this book in my classroom library when I taught high school. One year, this total non-reader kid kept telling me how he'd never read a book in his life, he'd never read a book, etc. etc. I gave him a copy of this book. He was hooked. Loved it. Read it two or three times. Then, one day he came to school and told me, literally with a tear in his eye, that he'd been carrying it around in his back pocket, fallen in a mud puddle, and ruined it. He gushed about how much he loved it, how it made him think, and how great it was, and how it inspired him to seek out other horror books. He offered to buy me a new copy, but I told him that the story alone was worth it.
So . . . there you go.
So . . . there you go.