Zaire Crown

Silent Judgment by Zaire Crown

Action-packed urban thriller that took me out of my comfort zone and landed me once again in a world that I have never visited and probably would not be comfortable. It made me think and wonder and contemplate life in new ways not frequented on a daily basis

What I liked:
* Silence: deaf, deadly, raised in a militant off the grid community, has a difficult backstory, self-aware, bright, complex, intriguing
* The plot, pacing, setting, and writing
* Stepping into a completely different world populated with characters unlike any I have ever met except in pages of books
* That even though dark, gritty, and violent…I could see why actions were taken and why the story progressed as it did
* Thinking about the characters and why they chose to live as they did
* The strength and intelligence of some of the female characters in the story
* Being thankful that I could not see myself as a character in this book…though I was fascinated by them
* Wondering about the conspiracy theories, cults, and secret societies in the world and hoping that the ones in this book don’t exist in real life
* Wondering what Silence will get up to next
* That there will be another book in the series

What I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* Not always understanding all the words that were used by the characters and the frequent use of the “N” word as I have been told it should not be used…ever…
* Having to wait to see what will happen next

Did I like this book? For the most part
Would I read more in this series? Yes

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars… (mehr)

Silence by Zaire Crown

So glad I did not quit reading this book when it didn’t feel comfortable due to the language used and lifestyle portrayed. As I read, I was drawn in and eventually committed to find out what would happen and how it would all end.

What I liked:
* Silence: deaf, deadly, raised in a militant community, just spent 12 years in jail, has a difficult backstory, self-aware, has a personal moral code, bright, complex, intriguing
* The plot, pacing, setting, and writing that I eventually got into
* Stepping into a completely different world populated with characters that I have never met and probably never will meet
* That even though dark, gritty, and violent…I could see why actions were taken and why the story progressed as it did
* Thinking about the characters and why they chose to live as they did
* The strength and intelligence of the female characters in the story
* Being thankful that I could not see myself as a character in this book…though I was fascinated by them
* That there will be another book in the series

What I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* At first the terms used were new to me and the use of the “N” word difficult as I have been told it should not be used…ever…
* Having to wait to see what will happen next

Did I like this book? Yes, once I got into it
Would I read more in this series? Yes

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars… (mehr)