jd 🔆 reviewed The Dry by Jane Harper
Small town skullduggery
4 stars
A fair dinkum who-dunnit set in Australia. Who did it? Only they who have read it know.
mass market paperback, 432 pages
Published June 26, 2018 by Flatiron Books.
4 stars
(17 reviews)
"Federal Agent Aaron Falk hasn't been back to the place where he grew up in twenty years. Not since he and his father were run out of town. Even when Falk gets word that his childhood best friend, Luke, is dead, his entire family murdered, Falk still isn't planning on going back. But then he gets a note: 'Luke lied. You lied. Be at the funeral.' And just like that, Falk is swept back into the secrets of the place and people he left so long ago. Amid the worst drought in a century, long-buried mysteries will resurface. And Falk will discover anew what he's known all along -- sometimes you have to go back home in order to finally leave your past behind." -- Back cover.
franksbooks reviewed Dry by Jane Harper
Review of 'Dry' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
You know what would’ve been better about this book? Not including the final few pages, for one. The predictable characters for two. Other than that a rollicking read.
The Gnome King reviewed The Dry by Jane Harper
Review of 'The Dry' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
An award winning crime story? Can't see that myself, there is nothing special about this that makes it stand out more than any other crime mystery. It isn't terrible though, fantastic setting and when reading this the Aussie accent was coming through really well in my head. The heat was the best part, the book is based in the middle of a very long drought and the terrible heat and lethargy comes across big time. The characters were ok, Falk and Raco make a brilliant team, nice to see for once that the local cop wasn't portrayed as an idiot.
The main reason that this book doesn't stand above other run-of-the-mill crime novels is the end result was really limp, the book flows nicely and deserved an outrageous ending, the bad guy should have been nobody you could have expected....instead I was left going "Is that it? All this for …
An award winning crime story? Can't see that myself, there is nothing special about this that makes it stand out more than any other crime mystery. It isn't terrible though, fantastic setting and when reading this the Aussie accent was coming through really well in my head. The heat was the best part, the book is based in the middle of a very long drought and the terrible heat and lethargy comes across big time. The characters were ok, Falk and Raco make a brilliant team, nice to see for once that the local cop wasn't portrayed as an idiot.
The main reason that this book doesn't stand above other run-of-the-mill crime novels is the end result was really limp, the book flows nicely and deserved an outrageous ending, the bad guy should have been nobody you could have expected....instead I was left going "Is that it? All this for something so silly?" Probably too much like real life for me.
This was an ok story, I might give Falk's second case a go just to see if things become more inventive. Looking on google it looks like there is gonna be a movie released Jan 2020, could be worth a view.
Blog review: felcherman.wordpress.com/2019/12/05/the-dry-by-jane-harper/
