A review by marinaluna
The Silenced by Heather Graham

mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I have mixed feelings about this book. It is not Heather Graham's best book, and yet it still gets almost 4 stars from me. I hope that conveys that even though this isn't up to her usual stuff, it is still a very good book.

Pro's:
  • She goes into a new direction plotwise, which was very refreshing
  • It was nice to have some of the old crew involved!
  • I loved Matt as a character
  • It has a different narrator, but he is as good as Luke Daniels.

Con's:
  • Meg's attitude at the beginning was extremely annoying and I didn't like her at all. Stick with it, though, it does get better.
  • As a result from the first point, the beginning felt extremely unbelievable and forced. It took me forever to get into the spirit of the book.
  • It was too easy to figure it out.

Nevertheless, especially the middle and end were really quite good and I ended up liking the book. If I hadn't know HG, if that had been my first book, though, I probably would have DNF'ed it after the first chapters.