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Zuky the BookBum (15 KP) rated Lucidity in Books

Mar 15, 2018  
Lucidity
Lucidity
David Carnoy | 2017 | Mystery, Thriller
8
6.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I was lucky enough to be part of a Partners in Crime blog tour for this novel. Please go check out my post for extra info about the book, an excerpt and the chance to with an Amazon gift card! https://bookbumzuky.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/blog-tour-review-lucidity-by-david-carnoy/

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<b><i>Do whatever you do with conviction. Always.</b></i>

This is my first Carnoy novel but I’m definitely going to check out his others. <i>Lucidity</i> did not give up all its secrets at once! It was incredible at leaving you guessing what was going to happen next and being able to come up with your own theories on what was going on. That being said, it was still fast paced and exciting enough to keep you hooked. I only say this when I really mean it, but this was <i>unputdownable!</i> I liked the mix of morbidity, mystery and wit in this novel. It had a good mix of all three that made for some excellent, fast paced reading.

To begin with, I wasn’t so sure how the two stories connected. When, at 50%, the stories still hadn’t really crossed I was a bit unsure if I was going to understand how the separate plots worked together. However, be patient! It’s well worth the wait! Even though there are parts that can be predicted, this doesn’t take away from the excitement of reading about it.

The characters in this novel are really well executed. Even though I hadn’t read any of the other books featuring Madden, I didn’t feel like I didn’t know him. When you go into a series midway, even when they’re standalone books but with the same characters, you often find yourself a little bit lost on the mc as you don’t have their history. This wasn’t the case here. Madden was well introduced and maintained throughout the read.

Fremmer was a fun character to get to know. It’s not often that you get a character like him in a novel. He was intelligent and quick witted, but he was also arrogant and a little bit self absorbed, so it’s amazing how likable he still was.

The only negative thing I have to say is that the ending got a little cheesy which felt out of place when compared to tone the book kept throughout, but it wasn’t that much of an issue.

<i>Thanks to Partners in Crime book tours for giving me a free copy of the book to read, review & promote!</i>
  
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David McK (3851 KP) rated Guard Against Dishonour (Hawk & Fisher, #5) in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
GA
Guard Against Dishonour (Hawk & Fisher, #5)
Simon R. Green | 1992
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Pretty much the very definition of pulp fiction, this is the kind of story that you tend to forget as soon as you've read it! While also never confirmed within this (or, to the best of my knowledge, in any of the Hawk and Fisher books prior to 'Beyond the Blue Moon'), there are also some very broad hints dropped that these two characters are the same protaganists as in Simon Green's 'Blue Moon Rising' novel.

Essentially, these novels are crime novels with a magical twist - personally, I find done so much better by Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of books featuring the City Watch. That's not to say these should be avoided: just don't go in with too high an expectation and you won't be disappointed!