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STORM WARNING
David Bell
Berkley Publishing Group
Publication Date: June 25th, 2024
368 Pages
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Genres: Mystery | Thriller
This is my first book by David Bell and also my last, as you can probably surmise I was not thrilled with this one. Jake is driving from Florida back to his estranged wife and daughter in Ohio. Jake’s estranged wife and daughter are driving to Florida from Ohio to see him. So this is a family of people who drive a thousand miles without telling the person they’re visiting. That was the first thing I shook my head at, who does that!? And what are the chances that they both decide to do that on the same day no less I mean really?
There’s been a murder and Jake reports it to the police but no officers come, like none at all ever. That’s the second thing I shook my head at. I know there’s a storm and all but we’re talking about a dead body with a hole in the head that wasn’t put there by an accident. That’s the second thing I shook my head at. There is a category three hurricane and no one leaves the building? The police don’t evacuate and make people take shelter? Way too far-fetched.
Every character in this story made stupid mistakes repeatedly. Gawd I really hate it when I read a book and I feel like the author thinks his readers are too dumb to catch on to his mistakes. Well guess what…your book is really dumb. The ending was really terrible too, I felt ripped off. I read three hundred pages for that? Let’s go skip off into the sunset all hunky dory. Truthfully by that point, I didn’t care. I wish I could give negative stars.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the Advance Readers Copy.
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