Grey Liliy reviewed Tower Hill by Sarah Pinborough
Review of 'Tower Hill' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I was fairly neutral on the book, all considered. It wasn't bad, but I wasn't in love with it either.
It wasn't scary, and it was hard to get engaged with the story. The story has a really slow build-up, and while I can see how that was necessary to really smack the reader in the face when the story got moving, it doesn't quite work as well when you care very little about the main two characters.
Liz & Steve don't have much going on, and their personalities and motives could be summed up nicely in a paragraph or two. It was hard to care about them and what they were going through, even though there was probably good reason to do so in there somewhere.
The saving grace for me were the two main antagonists, Gray & Jack. They had a complicated, fleshed out relationship and history that …
I was fairly neutral on the book, all considered. It wasn't bad, but I wasn't in love with it either.
It wasn't scary, and it was hard to get engaged with the story. The story has a really slow build-up, and while I can see how that was necessary to really smack the reader in the face when the story got moving, it doesn't quite work as well when you care very little about the main two characters.
Liz & Steve don't have much going on, and their personalities and motives could be summed up nicely in a paragraph or two. It was hard to care about them and what they were going through, even though there was probably good reason to do so in there somewhere.
The saving grace for me were the two main antagonists, Gray & Jack. They had a complicated, fleshed out relationship and history that was interesting, and their brotherly-love for each other was pretty endearing for a couple of ruthless killers (or worse, in Gray's case). I honestly felt quite bad for them at the end when everything turned on them. Particularly Jack, who is theoretically still suffering in agony...
As for the side cast - Al & Lou really won me over at the end. Al and his genie were sweet, and Lou was a good man.
The story itself was alright, but felt a bit predictable toward the end, which isn't always a bad thing, but I don't think it did any favors to the story this time around.
Definitely a 'read it for yourself & decide' sort of book. :)
