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Twenty-Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate

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onmalsshelf's review against another edition

I picked this one up for my most recent flight and was hoping to get sucked into a thriller, but sadly that’s not what happened.

Even at 77% into the story, nothing remotely mysterious or thriller has happened. The story switches between past and present POVs of Becca, Wyatt, and Grant surrounding the death of Grant’s sister, but doesn’t give us much. Each character comes off as one note and each does stupid things. Additionally, each character is even more annoying than the last.

mystic_bookwyrm's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.5

I received an ARC of this from NetGalley for my honest review.

The idea of this book was interesting but I ended up skipping almost 80 pages just to get to the end. I contemplated just DNF’ing it but I was curious about how it all ended.

The ending was really the best part of this whole book. The rest of it was just dragged out. A bunch of different POV’s and most chapters nothing happened. It just showed us the flaws and how messed up some of these characters were.

I believe this was a debut so I might give the author another shot if they come out with something else.

whittyreading's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced

2.0

this one had so much potential, but it unfortunately dragged on for most of the almost 400 pages. i was hooked in the beginning but sadly lost interest shortly after the start. there were too many characters to keep up with and an emphasis on the drama rather than the suspense. i’m glad i stuck around for this ending because it was wild, but not much happened until the last 5-10%. this was a debut, so i’m willing to give the author the benefit of the doubt and try out their next novel.