Kitty

A great series, set in the outer hebrides. Just liked this book a little less than the first and third.

Ludicrous setup. Could not finish.

DNF. Romance is usually boring.

DNF. Like his writing, very uptempo. Can’t abide books where psychopaths get free reign from the author.

A great read.

Really well written.

Gripping, fun, with a touch of magic.

Well written, even funny at times, but overall I dislike lodging in the brain of a psychopath, even a fictional one. Also, the story has a bit of an abrupt ending. And in some weird way a happy ending, romantically, which is totaly far fetched and unbelievable.

DNF.

great storyteller

A great legal thriller. Good balance of plot, action and characters.

Lovely book, almost as good as the first one, with a nice surprise in the middle concerning a French police officer. Interesting multi layered storyline.

Witty. Not too thrilling at all.

Time traveling is always fun to read about. This book, however, is too long. And too simply constructed, compared to some of her other books.

Not his best.

He can write, but this story is all fight. Too much, DNF.

Very well plotted. An immersive read.

This is my third overly femaley emotional book in a row! (Another Chamberlain and before that, a Tricia Creswell). What’s happening to me? These historicized books pick out anti-pc behavior of the past to make us justly angry, and yet… laying on the injustice really thick in this half-anachronistic way also makes it a little of a sleazy read.

Part one and two of this book are great. Well researched, too. The third part is drawn out and boring and not convincing. The problem hinges on the plot. There is no way to make that really work in the end so she needs a sort of magical solution. It’s a first novel though. Hopefully she gets better editors for her next book.

DNF. Or rather: did not even really start. Sometimes I wonder if there is a whole team of Baldacci-writers. How can this particular novel start so boringly, how can he go on and on about the backstory, while other books of his grab you by the throat exactly right?

Historic tearjerker of a novel. Really well done. Sort of addictive. With villains and heroes and lots of injustice, which gets righted of course.

OK book, but lacks a little something. It’s a puzzle, without too many emotions. Hm…

Weird, far fetched story. Did not finish.

Nice cast of people, neatly plotted. A policier full of US immigrant politics pre-Trump.

Pretty realistic, how the case goes. And witty, as ever.

Entertaining, but he’s lying through his teeth about several aspects of his life - his guilt, his marriage. I am treating it as fiction. He is a great storyteller. Will skip the other jail diaries though.