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The tone is spooky and the story moves at a measured pace.

elements, but the novel is far more than that; the story is complex and strange and interesting, with a pace

settings, her wonderfully imperfect and intriguing characters, her foreboding undercurrents, and her pacing

As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3) by Holly Jackson Jackson doesn't skimp on heart-pounding pacing Jackson does not let off the gas pacing-wise. in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns, and she offers more of her excellent pacing

Morris's All Her Little Secrets, a fast-paced Southern mystery that also explores issues of race and Morris is one of our picks from last year's event, and because it's a fast-paced mystery, we decided

The pacing of the story picks up, appropriately, when World War II begins to shift the world, exerting

His writing is beautiful, and its spare tone strikes the perfect chord for the wild environment his characters

in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns, and she offers more of her excellent pacing Her books read like Westerns to me, and her sometimes spare tone suits the setting, the stark situations

The pacing is appropriately slow as characters wander, wonder, and come across little new information

Jackson doesn't skimp on heart-pounding pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in Jackson does not let off the gas pacing-wise.

The book's pace felt halting at times and its substance somewhat light at points. The pace of the book is sometimes halting and its sections about scripture at times felt a little light

Cassie's years-long hiatus sloooooowed the pace of the book too much for my taste.

This fast-paced suspense read is the ultimate "trouble in paradise" story, with twist and turns that characters, but I was more than willing to roll with whatever Hawkins was laying out for readers in the fast-paced

The slow pace and straightforward duties of the job suited Bringley, who, along with his fellow guards

second in the series offers more page time for the talking dragons, some surprises, and a more deftly paced

But I've been frustrated while reading some other Hannah stories by what feels like odd pacing, soap-opera

is a satisfyingly deep dive into Gould's behind-the-scenes experiences, including an often breakneck pace The story's pacing doesn't flag, although the tale sets a slower tempo as Maurice and Maralyn settle

Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams offers a gritty, honest, captivating, spare Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You  was wonderful--spare yet fully developed, often surprising

The memoir is structured with the engaging pacing of a novel--danger, discovery, redemption, and hope At the very beginning the pacing felt a little uneven to me, but then Garg hit her stride.

The story is heartwarming, the pacing moves along in both timelines, and the characters are explored The story's pacing felt quite slow and the tone extremely dark and hushed for the majority of the book

And far in the future, Konstance is in a vault on the spaceship Argos, destined for a distant planet.

The mystery here is interesting and unfolds at an engaging pace, but it's not the primary focus of the

You are plagued by this nagging question: Why have I been spared?”

Days, and other books. 02 The Traitor (Alias Emma #2) by Ava Glass Ava Glass's Alias Emma was a fast-paced

The pacing is slow, and the book is largely made up of various characters talking about conflicting memories

The pacing of the the first 100 pages felt slow, but after that I was totally hooked on this very compelling

in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns, and she offers more of her excellent pacing check out The Trackers. 06 As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson Jackson doesn't skimp on heart-pounding pacing Jackson does not let off the gas pacing-wise.

This is a gentle, slow-paced story from the heart-wrenchingly gorgeous writer. The character growth surprised me and felt in line with the tone and pacing of the story.

The premise of Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love  is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the This young adult story is sweet and fun; the pacing often feels somewhat slapstick and frantic--as is

the acknowledgments, the authors reference wanting to create a Romancing the Stone-type playful, fast-paced

The pacing flagged for me throughout the middle of the story, during the slog through various avenues is a satisfyingly deep dive into Gould's behind-the-scenes experiences, including an often breakneck pace

Despite some small moments that felt heavy-handed, this is a powerful, fast-paced, compelling nonfiction He's specific without getting bogged down in the details, and the pacing of the book is appealingly quick

The book's pacing (appropriately, but sometimes painfully) flags for a time as our protagonists spend

Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams offers a gritty, honest, captivating, spare Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You was wonderful--spare yet fully developed, often surprising, Claire Keegan Keegan offers a gorgeously wrought Irish story of childhood, hope, love, and loss that is spare It's beautiful, spare, and powerful. I was brought to tears at the end.

Johnson is a master of pacing.

The pacing of First Light is a little slow at first, and I would have liked to see more science-based This is Phillips's first book, and the author builds the story's pace steadily toward a crescendo.

The memoir is structured with the engaging pacing of a novel--danger, discovery, redemption, and hope

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The pacing felt uneven to me, and shifts in mood and manner sometimes seemed abrupt, so that it was tough

each disparate world--and finding to their surprise that they have connected with a place, with its pace

The title of the book sets a tone that feels fast-paced, or sassy, or spirited.

But I found the pacing somewhat jarring and uneven. development or experience the intensity of the exciting events because of feeling yanked back and forth in pacing

This didn't make The Golden Enclaves the most darkly fun, deeply emotional, or captivatingly paced book

She faces unknown dangers and heartbreaking betrayal in this fast-paced novel. Ava Glass's Alias Emma was a fast-paced cat-and-mouse chase across London and through an underground

But both the steady pacing and the unique, sequestered Covid-dictated circumstances of Tom Lake made

It was nicely paced, and I liked having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's

Harper's books read like Westerns to me, and her sometimes spare tone suits the setting, the situations Disappearing Earth is Phillips's first book, and she builds the story's pace steadily toward a crescendo

At the very beginning the pacing felt a little uneven to me, but then Garg hit her stride. mind-bending examinations of what other characters might be up to and the combat and narrow escapes keep the pacing

Randall offered about everyday life during different eras, but the fifty-two sections and rambling pace But the pace of the book felt distractingly rambling to me.

There are sections of sometimes tedious-feeling logistics, but the pacing of Fugitive Telemetry kept