The Shadows

3.5 stars rounded up

I started out really enjoying the book with it's suspenseful writing style and fast pacing. I liked how a lot of the chapters ended with mini cliffhangers and how its penchant towards the dramatics weren't ever too overdone but just right. The shifting point of views I could take or leave but that was never a problem. I liked Paul as a character and found him even painfully relatable at times. Parts 1 and 2 were solidly written and actually a lot of fun.

That being said, Part 3 kinda let me down. The first twist was confusing to me and it felt like the story lost a bit of the realism it previously had. THE SECOND TWIST lost me. Whatever the opposite of a Chekhov's Gun is, this twist was.

Overall though the good outweighed the bad and I did have fun reading it. It for sure met my expectations.