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A review by bubblewombat
56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
This wasn't on my radar at all until recently when I heard it was going to be a tv show, so I decided to give it a read. And I do think it'll be very entertaining as a series. As a book it was okay.
It started off slow and the constant time jumps could get confusing (probably less if you're reading vs listening to it), I kept wondering when we'd get to the body being found, then when we'd go back to the cops PoV so I could learn more about it, those parts were the most compelling to me.
There were several twists throughout, and I oddly didn't guess one of the bigger ones until the reveal. I mean, I can't guess everything, obviously, but when I give a thriller this rating I probably predicted the majority of it. It's a good thing I couldn't guess it. The ending though I did kinda guess. Like, I was suspecting it went down that way, just wasn't 100% sure.
The audiobook was good, and I even liked the characters to a degree, I just wish it moved a bit faster. The covid setting was sure...something. I don't know how I feel about it, it's bringing back memories and not necessarily nice ones. Do I regret reading it though? Nah. I hope they don't do all the time jumps in the TV show, or at least not like this.
It started off slow and the constant time jumps could get confusing (probably less if you're reading vs listening to it), I kept wondering when we'd get to the body being found, then when we'd go back to the cops PoV so I could learn more about it, those parts were the most compelling to me.
There were several twists throughout, and I oddly didn't guess one of the bigger ones until the reveal. I mean, I can't guess everything, obviously, but when I give a thriller this rating I probably predicted the majority of it. It's a good thing I couldn't guess it. The ending though I did kinda guess. Like, I was suspecting it went down that way, just wasn't 100% sure.
The audiobook was good, and I even liked the characters to a degree, I just wish it moved a bit faster. The covid setting was sure...something. I don't know how I feel about it, it's bringing back memories and not necessarily nice ones. Do I regret reading it though? Nah. I hope they don't do all the time jumps in the TV show, or at least not like this.