Shannon K. Butcher
Autore di Burning Alive
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- Nome canonico
- Butcher, Shannon K.
- Altri nomi
- Butcher, Shannon K.
Argent, Anna - Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Independence, Missouri, USA
- Relazioni
- Butcher, Jim (husband)
- Agente
- Nephele Tempest
- Breve biografia
- When Shannon was little, she wanted to be a daddy. When she learned the anatomical improbability of that happening, she decided instead to become what her dad was: an Industrial Engineer. After she graduated, she went to work for a big telecom company earning a steady paycheck while her husband pursued his dream to become a published author. Her husband is Jim Butcher, fantasy and sci-fi author extraordinaire. She learned to write in an effort to help him improve his own work and as soon as she discovered that writing was more a learned skill than a natural talent she knew she had to give it a try. She lives in Missouri with her husband and their teenage son and a dog.
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It took me over a week to get 41 pages done. If it can't jerk me in by then, I'm not going to force myself and that's what I felt like I was doing, forcing myself every time I picked it up to try to read it.
This book was decent. The first half dragged quite a bit and I kept putting it down for 2 or 3 days. It picked up during the second half and I finished it in about an hour. If you're looking for a nice middle of the road read and you're not too picky, it should suit. The plot made sense even if it wasn't one of my favorite types (more on that below). The romance element was nicely done. Especially in the second half of the book. Still, it had a few problems that may matter more to me than to others.
SPOILERS BELOW
First the bad guys, the Swarm. Hokey name and worse than that we are never told what kind of a terrorist group this is. Is it Al Quaeda? Home grown terrorists? Russian mafia? Canandian School Teachers? :-) I don't like it when things are vague. Second they called the hero, David, back to the military after he had been out 2 years because he was the only one who could protect this girl. Once you're out of the military, you're out. They've got plenty of other guys in Delta Force who I hope are just as good. Or should I be scared for the safety of everyone they're tasked with aiding/protecting? Third, I found it a bit ludicrous that a Colonel in the US Army felt it would be okay to kill a civilian who wouldn't help out the military. And he's a good guy? I'm kind of scared of that idea too. Fourth I had a problem with the heroine's idea that the military would use her code breaking for evil. I would have thought she'd think, 'If it's unbreakable think of all the US soldiers whose lives could be saved.' Fifth, I'm kind of tired of plots where the guy has to save the girl so she can save the world. Not everyone is the princess who, though born in a mud hut, is destined to save the world and become a goddess/queen. Sixth the book was overly wordy. A lot more telling than showing. Seventh how good of an operator is he if he is followed and doesn't even know it? If he's so good they had to call him back, shouldn't he have realized Owen was watching the whole time? If you're going to write an alpha hero, make him be good at what he does. Eighth he didn't seem very manly to me. By that I mean I was very aware that I was reading about a man written by a woman.
All that being said, I will probably try the next in the series.… (altro)
SPOILERS BELOW
First the bad guys, the Swarm. Hokey name and worse than that we are never told what kind of a terrorist group this is. Is it Al Quaeda? Home grown terrorists? Russian mafia? Canandian School Teachers? :-) I don't like it when things are vague. Second they called the hero, David, back to the military after he had been out 2 years because he was the only one who could protect this girl. Once you're out of the military, you're out. They've got plenty of other guys in Delta Force who I hope are just as good. Or should I be scared for the safety of everyone they're tasked with aiding/protecting? Third, I found it a bit ludicrous that a Colonel in the US Army felt it would be okay to kill a civilian who wouldn't help out the military. And he's a good guy? I'm kind of scared of that idea too. Fourth I had a problem with the heroine's idea that the military would use her code breaking for evil. I would have thought she'd think, 'If it's unbreakable think of all the US soldiers whose lives could be saved.' Fifth, I'm kind of tired of plots where the guy has to save the girl so she can save the world. Not everyone is the princess who, though born in a mud hut, is destined to save the world and become a goddess/queen. Sixth the book was overly wordy. A lot more telling than showing. Seventh how good of an operator is he if he is followed and doesn't even know it? If he's so good they had to call him back, shouldn't he have realized Owen was watching the whole time? If you're going to write an alpha hero, make him be good at what he does. Eighth he didn't seem very manly to me. By that I mean I was very aware that I was reading about a man written by a woman.
All that being said, I will probably try the next in the series.… (altro)
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Luziadovalongo | 7 altre recensioni | Jul 14, 2022 |
Luziadovalongo | 7 altre recensioni | Jul 14, 2022 | 
Lost my entire review.
Moral of the story - "meh". Not interested in proceeding with this series.
Moral of the story - "meh". Not interested in proceeding with this series.
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RUNNING SCARED is different from what I expected. I haven't read Shannon Butcher (wife of Jim Butcher) before; actually, to be completely honest, I didn't even know she had a series of books out. Reading the blurb for RUNNING SCARED I was intrigued and decided to give it a try. Sure, it was the third book in the series, but not all paranormal romance series require having read the previous two.
I wish I had. There isn't any one thing wrong with RUNNING SCARED, but a whole lot of little things. Butcher depends upon the reader knowing that in the previous books similar things happened; that is, Lexi's friend Helen went through the same area of distrust and fear of the Sentinels, for instance. Lexi refers to Helen's previous mindset, which Helen explains about and Lexi refuses to hear.
Lexi was what I dislike reading in heroines the most—fanatically blind. Even when she would observe Zach (or any of the other Sentinels, for that matter) acting completely opposite from what she expected, she assumed it was all a ruse. Every. Single. Time. There was no middle ground in her mind. Or, if she did begin to doubt that black/white viewpoint, she thought it was them implanting ideas in her brain. Every. Single. Time. More than guilt and doubt, this girl was riddled with self-loathing at the mere thought of feeling any kindness for the Sentinels or Zach...
Which didn't end until the very, very end of the book. She suddenly got all sorts of emotional growth in those last fifty pages or so, which only became more confusing when a new revelation, in the form of her parentage, comes about. She accepts this new information wholeheartedly, without reserve. If I wasn't so certain that the Sentinels were the good guys, I'd really be wondering if she did get brainwashed. She is a kinder, gentler, warmer Lexi in the last couple of chapters.
There were two saving graces for the book, however: I was still deeply interested in the background of the Sentinels and Nika, whose own book is due out in November and called LIVING NIGHTMARE, and was infinitely more interesting than Lexi. I have hopes, because of her portrayal in this book and the excerpt from the next book, that book 4 is a more satisfying read. RUNNING SCARED just didn't do it for me, unfortunately.… (altro)