{"id":3902,"date":"2016-04-23T17:09:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T21:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=3902"},"modified":"2016-04-23T17:09:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T21:09:16","slug":"book-review-before-he-finds-her-by-michael-kardos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-before-he-finds-her-by-michael-kardos\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Before He Finds Her by Michael Kardos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Before He Finds Her<\/a><\/em> by Michael Kardos<\/p>\n

Mysterious Press, 2015<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 978-0802123190<\/p>\n

Available: Hardcover, Paperback, Audible, and Kindle edition
\nBefore He Finds Her<\/i> is a interesting concept for a thriller.\u00a0 Melanie is a survivor whose mother was murdered by her father. He was never caught, and the world believes she was also with her mother. Living under a new name, and\u00a0with\u00a0a new life, Melanie has grown up knowing her past. She has tried hard to protect her secrets, and protecting her secrets has become a part of her life.<\/p>\n

Now eighteen, Melanie decides she wants justice, and since the authorities never did their job, why\u00a0not her?<\/p>\n

I thought this was a neat concept and had great potential as a thriller.\u00a0 My most serious problem with this book was that it takes 100 pages to get to the story. There are some flashbacks and interesting plotting going on, but it took a long time for me to get invested. While I have enjoyed books that took that long to get into the story, the problem here is that the characters and setting were flat along the way.\u00a0I didn\u2019t find Melanie\u00a0as interesting as a character with her tragic and intense life should be. There were some interesting conflicts in the father, but I also didn\u2019t find him as scary as I thought he needed to be.<\/p>\n

Once the pacing picks up, the story is more interesting, but by that point I was struggling to force interest.<\/p>\n

All that being said, I think this book should be in library collections. It has a interesting concept, and if it holds readers’ interest, it’s a well-done story.<\/p>\n

Reviewed by David Agranoff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before He Finds Her by Michael Kardos Mysterious Press, 2015 ISBN-13: 978-0802123190 Available: Hardcover, Paperback, Audible, and Kindle edition Before He Finds Her is a interesting concept for a thriller.\u00a0 Melanie is a survivor whose mother was murdered by her father. He was never caught, and the world believes she was also with her mother.<\/p>\n

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