The Prisoner: The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pick for 2023

Reviews

KiKi - @kiki.reads.stuff

Got just over half way through and I thought, this is wrapping up a little too neatly at this point and BAM, plot twist! ‘𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡.

BookBloggerJanine

𝙃𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙚. . I’m looking forward to seeing what Paris comes up with next!

The Prisoner by BA ParisI give this book 4 starsThis starts with a bang and the books chapters alternate between a past and present storyline which flowed well and l enjoyed the pace. The chapters were short and snappy to keep you engaged and the twists are there along the way to shock you.

’I’ve read and loved a few of the authors book now so I was really looking forward to this one! Any thriller fans need to get their claws into this one because it is a great book!

All told in the present from one perspective, everything slowly unravels and you get the chance to piece it all together. Definitely didn’t see it coming and I immediately needed to know what was happening. The start is told over dual timelines, the chapters were short and sharp making it a really fast paced read.

Will you be able to work out who the kidnappers are before the reveal? 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝. 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. The second half was a little slower in pace but I think that suited it better.

The plot was really clever, part one was exciting and I was dying to work out what was happening. While reading you may need to suspend belief a tiny bit (but this was no problem for me it’s fiction after all) It’s a book of two parts and I loved them both.