Nine Lives

1.5So underwhelming:( I didn't connect with any of the characters and the ‘twist' at the end felt like it was written just for the sake of the twist.But I did like the backstory behind the creepy hotel which is why this is a 1.5 Also this took me more than a week to finish even tho this is a 300+ page book, coz it was so slow. I loved [a:Peter Swanson 3314351 Peter Swanson https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s other book [b:Before She Knew Him 40390756 Before She Knew Him Peter Swanson https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1530545647l/40390756.SY75.jpg 62704519] which is why I had high hopes for this one but it was a huge disappointment.Will be reading his other books tho to see how I feel about them:)

Het uitgangspunt vond ik geweldig en deed me terug denken aan [b:Boek der doden 9677964 Boek der doden (Will Piper #1) Glenn Cooper https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1372257036l/9677964.SY75.jpg 6660635] van Glenn Cooper, maar had er voor de rest niks mee te maken.Het verhaal las super vlot, door de korte hoofdstukken en de zich snel op elkaar volgende gebeurtenissen, maar ik had moeite met de grote cast aan personages uit elkaar te houden, ondanks de lijst met beschrijvingen die in het begin werd gegeven. Het was ook extreem moeilijk om enige verbinding met hen te voelen, gezien ze vrij snel weer van het toneel verdwenen. Uiteindelijk hield de manier van vertellen me aan het lezen, maar ik heb toch regelmatig moeten fronsen, vooral als het over de politie ging. Ook de finale onthulling van het motief voelde nogal flauw en deed me weinig. En de epiloog had nooit mogen geschreven worden.

Nine strangers receive a list with their names on it in the mail. Nothing else, just a list of names on a single sheet of paper. None of the nine people know or have ever met the others on the list. They dismiss it as junk mail, a fluke - until very, very bad things begin happening to people on the list.

This was my first Peter Swanson book, and I don't think it will be my last. Nine Lives has a And Then There Were None vibes. His writing style kept me reading for hours and wanting to pick it back up when I had to do other things. He has a way of making you feel that you are in the story. This was very atmospheric read for me. I had a feeling of who the culprit was at the end but there was a part that still caught me off guard.

Overall this was a very enjoyable read and I cannot wait to pick up his other books.

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for an ARC in exchange for an honest review