Broken Room

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Broken Room (EBook, 2022, Blackstone Publishing)

eBook, 417 pages

Published Feb. 11, 2022 by Blackstone Publishing.

ISBN:
9798200861989

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4 stars (1 review)

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4 stars

I sat on this book for quite a while in 2022, which seems dumb in retrospect. I like Clines’s work quite a bit, and I found this book difficult to put down. I listened on morning walks and then followed up on my Kindle. This is an incredibly fast read, and I’m sure I would have finished faster if not for the distractions of the holiday season.

In short, I loved this book. It’s fast, and it reads like a movie. It seems almost written for the screen, an updated Bourne or Reacher novel.

Most of the book is a combination of grisly chase scenes stitched together with enough down time for some exposition. It’s all thrill and action with a bit of paranormal and horror thrown in for spice.

I loved both main characters. Hector’s quick thinking and Natalie’s matter-of-fact approach to questions and situations is fun and amusing. …