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Intense character studies complement the realistic plot. Hawkins creatively uses the unreliable narrator as "The Girl on the Train" alternates among the first-person recollections of Rachel, Anna and Megan...Hawkins delivers an original debut that keeps the exciting momentum of "The Girl on the Train" going until the last page.

NY Times

75%
It felt like watching a long-awaited, much-touted extreme martial arts match end in a tie. At least I learned something about Dante, Florence, and the H+ movement—and it was more fun than a typical history lesson.

NY Journal of Books

63%
King may be exploring the nature of violence in contemporary America, but the narrative’s pacing is too slow for it to catch. King plots every action of his main characters, who spend a distracting amount of time thinking things through. Nothing is held back, which means the suspense never gains momentum.

Star Tribune

69%
One of those rare thrillers whose revelations actually intensify its suspense instead of dissipating it. The final pages are chilling.

Kirkus

85%
...Donoghue's bravado in investigating that potentially terrifying transformation grants the novel a frightening resonance that will keep readers rapt.

Publishers Weekly

77%
The whole effort might have been worth it had the novel’s much-hyped blackout-set climax somehow glued every broken piece together. But again, Hallberg is hungrier than he is patient...

Globe and Mail

64%
Rowling has great fun with the book industry: Editors, agents and publishers all want to meet the detective, but only over lunches at fancy restaurants where he’s expected to foot the bill...Rowling proves once again that she’s a master of plotting over the course of a series; you can see her planting seeds, especially when it comes to Robin...

Kirkus

76%
Evidence slides into place, but nothing fundamentally shifts the paradigm in a way that will jar the reader. That might not make television audiences gasp in the same way, but there’s still plenty of suspense that promises to make The Widow as effective for binge watching as it is as a page-turner.

AV Club

74%
Beautifully written, consistently surprising, and utterly assured, The Lovely Bones makes re-creating half a dozen genres simultaneously look like an effortless afternoon's work.

AV Club

76%
The book ends on a cliffhanger worthy of Harry Potter, and Rowling’s readers will eagerly await the next installment.

Kirkus

72%
The murder story allows only flashes of Austenian wit, and Lizzy is sadly eclipsed by Darcy.

Kirkus

58%
...in which dogged attorney Jake Brigance fights for justice in a Mississippi town where justice is not always easy to come by...Trademark Grisham, with carefully situated echoes of To Kill a Mockingbird. A top-notch thriller.

Kirkus

80%
Galbraith's (Rowling's) descriptions of the grey London streets, detailed musings of a disturbed young model's life and death and prose make the tale completely life-like!

Guardian

76%
Connelly has a gift for fast-paced drama, and isn’t afraid to paint a warts-and-all portrait of his main character. When it comes to passing judgment on Haller’s style of lawyering, Connelly will let the reader decide.

Star Tribune

80%
All of Connelly’s considerable strengths are on display: the keen eye for detail and police procedure, lots of local L.A. color, clever plotting, and—most important—the vibrant presence of Harry Bosch.

Publishers Weekly

78%
This is such an exceptional story that everyone should read regardless of your beliefs, because it's about something extraordinary happening to an ordinary family that forever changed not only them, but those around them...

Reviews From The Heart

77%
Flavia retains her droll wit...The solution to a murder is typically neat, and the conclusion sets up future books nicely.

Publishers Weekly

76%
Sharp Objects is a gripping novel that sucks the reader into this small town mentality, where the misfit is tormented, young girls grow up too fast and the whole sorry bunch is in deep denial. Each word will sear on your skin and leave more than a lasting impression.

Blog Critics

79%
There were two things, though, that bothered me: The writing, and the villain.

All About Romance

63%
A grueling, gripping demonstration of melodrama’s darker side.

Kirkus

74%

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