Kevin’s Comments (group member since Jan 28, 2025)

Kevin’s comments from the NetGalley Buddy Readers group.

I guess like most of these types of series, they can definitely be read (and enjoyed) as standalones but you just lose a little bit of the affection you build for the characters over the series.

I've read all the Eddie Flynn series and loved them all. Looking forward to reading your thoughts

Hi Poppy. Welcome to the group

We get lots of big authors on NG in the UK but I have never seen any of them on Read Now. You will occasionally get an email from Netgalley saying a major authors book is Read Now for the first 100 readers, but most Read Nows in the UK are smaller publishers trying to get their books in front of many people as possible

Quick question. I was really surprised to see that this was a Read Now on Netgalley as its not Read Now in the UK. In the UK, where I am (Scotland, specifically) Coben is one of the biggest, most popular writers on his generation. If you are not in the UK, how is Coben viewed in your country?

I've read this one and really enjoyed it. Happy reading if you get approved

Yeah it definitely works as a standalone. It is not a continuation of the Fool Me Once storyline, just the same detective, so even if you haven't read Fool Me Once you should still go for it

Vicki, I think if it's available on KU or Libby and is therefore past it's publication date then I think it's fine to withdraw. Approval is unlikely post-publication in my experience

I've just finished it and gave it 5 stars

Just been sent a widget for The New Neighbours which I am looking forward to.

Hi Vicky. I have this one but I'm actually reading it just now. It's not actually a sequel in the sense of it being a continuation of the story from Fool Me Once, it's just a new story with the same Detectice, Sami Kierce

Just been approved for Harlan Coben's new novel Nobody's Fool

The Death of Us is pretty brutal to be honest, really stark, so hope that's okay for you. The Favourites is really good too, hope you enjoy both

It's hard to narrow it down to just one so for me, I would go for The Favourites by Layne Fargo, The Death of Us by Abigail Dean, and this was the year which I finally got around to reading The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini which I can't stop thinking about

What was your fave book of the year Vicki? if you had to pick just one?

I finished the year having read and reviewed 147 books on Netgalley which included, in the past few days, my 500th review on the site. I'm currently sitting with 515 books approved and I've reviewed 502 so feedback ratio is 97%.

None of the 13 books still to review are overdue, in fact, I think the next one to publish isn't until March so still have plenty of time

I really like Alex Finlay so keen to hear what you think of Parents weekend when you get round to it

Definitely. This was my last chance with the author as I hadn't really loved any of her previous ones.

That's really interesting Vicki. I've never really vibes with her until this one which I think is her best

I have read both Richard Osman novels and loved them both so much. Will be interested to see what you think of them. I don't know how well known he is over in America but in the UK he is the darling of the nation and much loved TV presenter/producer who has now turned his hand to writing.