A QUIRCKY GRIPPING STORYJessica the daughter of a psychiatrist, Dr Natan Conrad's, has been kidnapped creating a big disruption in his lifeIn order to grab the reader the author employs the first 100 pages to describe the main characters backgrounds and at the same time prepares the scene for what lies ahead, a multilayered mystery, the first layer is why Jessica has been kidnapped and the second more interesting layer comes through Elizabeth a psychotic delusional violent patient with a harrowing past who is confined to a mental institution and seems to know a "number". This number carries an extremely important meaning for the future of the kidnappers, in exchange for that number the kidnappers would free Jessica. That is Dr. Conrad mission, to question Elizabeth and get "that number"· if he wants to get his daughter back alive.As in his others novels Mr. Klavan exhibits again the same writing style, focusing on pure raw meat action intertwining mystery and suspense and playing with times, his strongest ability, but without unexpected twists or surprises, his weakest point, something he must correct to make his stories more appealing, in addition I did not like the fact that he puts numbers to the chapters implying what is going to come. On the other hand there are no dull pitfalls, he likes to create tension, make it grow and blow it up in the ending
This was pretty intense. Very violent, a lot of...very salty language. And more than it's fair share of intense sexual content. It's definitely only for a very mature audience.That said, the book was written, very, very, very well. Only at the end was I finally able to grasp a hold of what was going to happen, and make predictions in my head. For pretty much the rest of the book, I couldn't get any standing. I was at a loss as to what was going to happen or how the story was going to develop.But the author pulled it all together really well and...while I wouldn't necessarily say there were twists, there were...turns, and pretty much the entire book kept me on the edge of my seat. The entire book was masterfully written and the character development was above average, the good guys and the bad guys.If you're looking for a well written, exciting, and realistic thriller, look no further than this. Just...be warned about the sexual content and the language.
What do You think about Don't Say A Word (2001)?
Honestly…I like the kidnap plan…it was quite interesting but the story is too easy to guess. Before I finish reading the book, I already know what is the connection between Sport and Elizabeth. The way Andrew Klavaan wrote the story is also not very interesting, I didn’t get a really good imagination of the story, I even skip some of the sentences because they seemed not important. I thought it was going to be a psychological thriller but I was wrong, it was only a thriller sets on a psychiatrist.
—Novia
