A twisted young man that finds pleasure in killing, a dyslexic limp, money, a machete, the Feds and an author that means BUSINESS!
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Unlike some thrillers that take time to develop, Highway Man by M. J. Preston, doesn’t give you much time to spare, to prepare or to breathe. As pages pass by your eyes, you can feel the urge of not putting the book down.
It’s graphic, it’s solid, methodical, realistic, mysterious and above all, bloody.
The way the writer tells it, how uses the paragraphs to build expectations and suspense is wonderful, with a third person narrative that is awesome and keeps you bound to the story by its quick to regular pace, making it an easy and engaging read.
This very “special” serial killer is deliberate twisted and downright lunatic, expressed to the point that the reader starts to understand and even, sometimes connect with the killer.
It’s incredible how the author can make the twisted sound like normal and the normal sound boring. It’s not just the killer, but the whole narrative in itself, the thoughts of the characters that jump in and out, how easily he can detail delusion, mania and outright insanity with such ease. It’s fascinating, to say the least.
Then he gets us back from the high points and throw us back to sanity with his contrasts about of the police investigators and reporters and sometimes, regular people. The dynamics of transitioning when it comes to scenes and chapters is fluid and it always leaves us asking: “What’s going to happen next?” Gripping us completely to the book to the point that we wonder if bathroom-brakes are necessary.
Heart-pumping, vivid, detailed and gripping narrative from M. J. Preston. WORLD CLASS!
There isn’t just a set of few characters that make the novel, there are instead groups of characters that make this thriller great and with many complex and simple divisions, timelines and motives working together to create this world that makes us fear the very act of blinking! It’s amazing, it’s fast, it’s exciting and it’s TWISTED. This is how thrillers should be written.
I haven’t read a police/crime thriller THIS good in a very long time. It’s hard to come by with a book this good as a reader, and to find a third-person narrative that suits a good thriller is even harder, but M. J. Preston got, it, right.
M. J. Preston NAILED IT!
EPIC FROM START TO FINISH!
AMAZING, DETAILED, METICULOUSLY written AND TWISTED!!!!
BREATH-TAKING!!!
Worth EVERY single minute of reading time. AMAZING!!!!!!!
Pros:
- World Class third-person Narrative. Simply amazing
- Perfect pace for a thriller
- Amazingly well-constructed
- Unpredictable from start to finish
- Amazing ending!
- Top tier character architecture
- Great transition between scenes
- Complex characters with strong motives
- Twisted ambiance when it came to killings. Simply grotesque. Great stuff
- Great description
- An amazingly well done plot-twist
- GRIPPING book from start to finish
Cons:
– None. Top Stuff this book. Top stuff
Favourite Character: Lewis
Lesson: “Instincts rule the animals.”
Cover Score: 8.8/10
Final Score: 9.1/10
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