The Trial is a novella that falls between the 15th and 16th books in the Women's Murder Club series by James Patterson. I think I didn't appreciate this book as much because it had been a while since I read those books and the storyline has moved on. Additionally, I didn't remember a lot of the backstory that goes with the case this is related to. The story is a fun quick read as it is a Book Shot and it was good for an afternoon of relaxation but it wasn't my best read of the year.
The Trial by James Patterson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I enjoyed this novella from the women's murder club series. I really give it a 3 1/2 star because I felt the story line was a bit hard to follow if you haven't just read book 15- I am currently caught up on the series on the main novels. I think the suspense would have been more impactful if the reader had read 15 recently. Also, I felt like the ending with Lindsay and Joe was a bit rushed. A paragraph or two discussion how they resolved issues would have been beneficial to make it a bit more realistic. The twist at the end was a wonderful conclusion though.
Challenge Prompts
The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:
- Goodreads and Reading by the Numbers #ReadingByNumbers2023 Book # 12
- Library Love #LibraryLoveChallenge Book # 11
- Alphabet Soup Author Edition #AlphabetSoupAuthorChallenge P
- Finishing the Series #FinishingTheSeries2023 Series: 4 Book #1
- Stacking the Series #stackingseries2023 15,5
- Series Catchup #seriescatchup2023 1
- Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023 Book #12
- Back List Reader #Backlistreader Book #11
- Cloak & Dagger #CloakDaggerChal Book #9
- Six Shooter Challenge Target #77 Shot #3
- Medical Examiner Challenge 7 Toe Tags
- 52 Book Club #the52bookclub2023 #50 Related to the Word "Murder"
- 52 books in 52 weeks #13 15
- Around the Year in 52 Books #22 A book with a faceless person on the cover
- Bookworm #2 Read a book under 300 pages
- BooklistQueen #booklistqueenreadingchallenge2023 #40 By an Author You Love
- Beat the Backlist #BTB2023 #28 less than 170 pages
- HP Quidditch 23 #23 Holy Head Harpies: Includes a group of strong females
- Nerdy Bookworm #NerdyBookwormChallengeXO #30 A book set in a place where you have visited
- Nerd Daily #thenerddaily #nerdreading2023 #20 AN AUTHOR YOU LOVE
- PopSugar #popsugarreadingchallenge #26 The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
- Pick your Poison # 5 A thriller
- RAD Challenge #aradreadingchallenge #7 Can read in a Day
- Read with Allison #40 Thriller
- Sci and Nature # 19 About BIPOC in Science
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