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The Naturalist
Andrew Mayne
2017 · 382 pages · Thriller
How it reads
The Naturalist is thriller (forensic thriller, specifically), and its dominant mood is tense. The suspense is the kind you feel in your shoulders. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in a big city setting, in the present day, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are survival, justice and secrets. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.
It opens a series. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 382 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something tense
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want an escape
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or heartwarming
- you want dense, lingering prose
- you hate waiting for a sequel
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- thriller
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- big city
- Setting: time
- contemporary
- Mood / feeling
- tense
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- light and escapist
- Length
- medium
- Narrative style
- third person, one viewpoint
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- first in a series
- Ending style
- cliffhanger
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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