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

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.

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

This is a wonderfully paced and recounted Cold War-era true story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery, The Spy and the Traitor is a wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue

Johnson is a master of pacing.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Harper's writing and tone remind me of a more spare Tana French.

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

This is a fast-paced book, as Dolly talks about various thoughts as related to 175 of her songs, while

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

Harris's book is fast-paced, without a lot of page time spent setting a background or lingering on self-reflection

All of this dramatically slowed the pacing of the story.

young brothers desperately trying to stay together and stay alive in rural Idaho; Wendy Heard's fast-paced With Nico's troublemaking and incessant challenges to the status quo serving as a catalyst for fast-paced

many moving parts and family characters are fluidly shaped into compelling reading by Willner, and the pacing

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

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

The book started off at a measured pace.

This isn't a fast-paced series, yet I've consistently felt hooked on how the cases build--and on the Galbraith's pacing pulls you along without cheap twists, and the writing is precise and wonderful, with

author posits that when grief, worry, or challenges feel overwhelming, shifting your schedule and your pace

I found all of this extensive description fascinating, even as it slowed the pacing of the story and

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

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 pacing of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is measured, as befits a story that is largely about daily

what would come to pass, and what the real story was to read somewhat slowly compared to the energetic pacing

This is a fast-paced book, as Dolly talks about various thoughts as related to 175 of her songs, while

in Sylvie's life (mixed emotions, attraction, confusion, lies, and secrets) make for jumbled-feeling pacing

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,

Lucy's sparely recounted version of events is peppered with diarylike "I do remember hearing that" remarks

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

The writing style involves a lot of telling, which seemingly intentionally slows the pacing--and which Yet because of the pacing, I didn't necessarily feel on the edge of my seat while I read about all of And it's the pacing and tone of the story that allows for all of those elements to feel real. 06 News

I really enjoyed Robuck's writing style, the details of the time, the pacing of the book's events, and

Anderson's beautifully spare writing about the brutal winter and the pressing crises of hunger, cold,

When grief, worry, or challenges feel overwhelming, treating your schedule and your pace as though it

I loved the tennis focus, the fast pacing, and the father-daughter relationship that drives the story what would come to pass, and what the real story was to read somewhat slowly compared to the energetic pacing

The first half of the book felt slowly paced and was spent with Wallace in limbo, being told how many

Click here for my full review of The Box in the Woods. 04 Alias Emma by Ava Glass Alias Emma is a fast-paced This fast-paced thriller tracks Emma and Michael, the distractingly handsome son of Russian dissidents

Click here for my full review of Flying Solo. 05 Alias Emma by Ava Glass Alias Emma is a fast-paced cat-and-mouse This fast-paced thriller tracks Emma and Michael, the distractingly handsome son of Russian dissidents

So far it feels nicely paced, and I like having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's

Were Dragons is exquisite, the strong-woman elements are irresistible, and despite what felt like slow pacing

The story keeps a patient pace as Captain Jim uncovers clues, uses deduction, and emphasizes loyalty

listened to this as an audiobook, and it was such a slow build, I was both eager for it to ramp up in pacing

think the shifting back and forth in time could have felt jumpy, but it worked well for the story's pacing