(I received this book for free as part of Goodreads First Reads giveaways).
(This review may contain spoilers).
I tend to feel that thriller books, like horror, can be quite difficult to sustain the level of suspense throughout. I often find myself growing bored, because sometimes things can get pretty ridiculous.
That actually wasn’t the case here. I felt that this book was more about the mystery – and it was very much more character-driven than just plot-driven.
One of the things that came across really well in this book was the fact that a lot of the characters seemed to have secrets. Pretty major ones. I did get a bit confused with some of the characters, but for the most part, I found them easily relatable. And I did quite like Emma and her friendship with Lizzy – though I would have liked a bit more detail about Emma’s relationship with Dan.
I did think that this book doesn’t portray journalists and the police in a great light. In a way, the police come across as quite uncaring. It seems strange that all they’d do is give a ‘talking-to’ to someone who was stalking a person enough to take a lot of pictures of them. If it’s just one person’s word, I could see them having to have more evidence… but when they have actual photographs? I admit, I don’t interact with police, but I’d like to think police officers in reality are better than that.
I thought that what happened with Richard came across really well. I couldn’t stop myself from reading this book and I really enjoyed it. I did think that the hospital could have been a bit more secure with Richard, though.
I think I’d definitely be interested in reading more books by this author in the future. It ended on a cliffhanger and I would have liked to see the aftermath of everything that had happened. I felt that there was a lot more of the story that could have been explored.
Ink of Blood 