Sravika's Books - Reviews and Other Trivia

The Searcher (2020) By Tana French  388 pages (Kindle Digital Edition) Rating 4/5  Genres : Contemporary, Mystery, Thriller, Defective, Noir, 2023-read  The author transports the reader into the world of a fictitious town in Ireland through the eyes of a retired American cop Cal Hooper .. makes us walk in his shoes ..  see the things he sees, feel the things he feels .. it is grand! She also takes time to build the people in the story into proper characters with their own personalities, eccentricities and natures .. so when they do something, it doesn't raise eyebrows coming from them.  This story mainly revolves around : A missing boy. A creature that is attacking at night and mutilating the bodies of sheep and ewes. Few people trying to figure out a mystery. Few others warning them off and knowing more than they let on. Its good! A cop with Chicago P.D. takes voluntary retirement and moves to a small rural area in Ireland to settle into an unchalle...

I'll be gone in the dark  By Michelle McNamara  Rating 3/5  Genres: crime, non fiction,true story  Only a part of the book is written by Michelle - which has cohernce and a logical layout. The rest of the book is compiled by her associates after her sudden death, using the humongous amount of material she gathered - it feels patched as they try to drill through her notes and use them to deduce what she might have if she was not stopped mid track. I did not read this book to completion and my following review applies to the part of the book written by Michelle herself.  It is very gripping and intriguing. The author has been able to balance both gorical nature of the cases and the human side of the victims masterfully. She has given a monstrous face to the ski masked killer /rapist while also uncovering and giving a human side to his victims making us sympathise for them and defend their cause against the man. She takes us on an interesting ride ...