Dead Woman Walking

it honestly would've been much better if the first 1/4 wasn't as slow and got into that main plot point quicker

I cannot remember the last time I cursed so much while reading a book. This book is frustrating, but in a good way that gets your heart racing and gives that desire to pull at your hair in those uncertain moments. My blood was PUMPING!

First let me talk about the characters. This is hard to do, because most of them have died and I don't want to give anything away :) Our ‘survivor,' who the police figure out is Jessica Lane, is wildly clever and crafty. As the reader learns more in the background chapters about Jessica's life and her investigations, they (like me) may come to feel a sense of connection to Jessica – a desire for her to live! Patrick, is very difficult to like, but in that way I think it makes him an interesting antagonist. His family, the Faas, have an interesting flavor to them, although I wonder on the use of ‘gypsy' and if this is yet another book which makes these types of people look bad. 

This book is more focused on the plot. While there are chapters focused on the past, to an experienced reader, I do not think this will be a problem. To an audiobook reader, it may be confusing at times, especially if it cannot be read all at once, since they might forget dates which become a bit more important towards the end of the book. When those end chapters say “Two days before” they mean the day of the crash! Anyhow, there is always something going on in this book and the short chapter lengths make the book feel more intense. 

There are a few twists to this book, some I saw coming, some I suspected, and a few I was so clueless about. I already plan on recommending this one to people.