This book right here is a perfect example of a book not being for everyone. Most of my friends found this one to be mediocre at best so I waited to the very last minute to read my arc and I was dreading that it would put me in a book slump. Lucky for me, it did not put me in a slump, and I actually liked it quite a bit. Alexandra Quinlan is an 18 year old girl, home asleep in her bed, when the unthinkable happens. She is awakened by a gun shot. Not just one but three gun shots to be exact. Her f...

Charlie Donlea has crafted a complex novel of crime and sleuthing with plenty of suspense in his latest standalone novel, Those Empty Eyes . It features Alex Armstrong who has legally changed her name in addition to changing her appearance and backstory. Ten years ago, she was the traumatized teenager, Alexandra Quinlan. Alexandra was accused of killing her family and was led from the family home in handcuffs. The media nicknamed her “Empty Eyes”. With the help of lawyers, she fought to clear...

*Publication Day - March 28, 2023*In 2013, seventeen-year-old Alexandra Quinlan was the only member of her family found unharmed after her parents and younger brother are gunned down by an unknown assailant in their own home. Unfortunately for her, Alexandra was treated as a suspect and taken into custody. An over-ambitious journalist remarked on her "empty eyes" when she was being escorted out of her own home by the police in a state of shock. “Empty Eyes” was a name that stuck as did the rumor...

2.5 stars.A messy, unrealistic plot with too many side stories.Alexandra Quinlan is the only survivor the night her parents and brother are killed in their family home. Alex is labelled “Empty Eyes” by the public for the look she had when she was arrested and charged with their murders. Ten years after being cleared and winning her defamation case, Alex is living under the radar but still searching for who killed her family and why.Charlie Donlea is one of my favourite authors. I request any boo...

3.5⭐Was it shock? Or something darker that gave Alexandra those “empty eyes.”👀Alexandra Quinlan woke to a living nightmare. Her family being gunned down in their home. Now the sole survivor, Alexandra quickly becomes the prime suspect, and the police see no reason to look any further. They probably should have…as Alexandria was a victim too.With the help of her lawyer Garrett, she’s slowly piecing her life back together. But of course, she’ll never forget that day, and it’s up to her to find ju...

DNF at 33% (end of Part 2) NO RATING ( note: The title of the UK edition is The Survivor) TWENTY YEARS LATER-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️SUMMIT LAKE -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️THE GIRL WHO WAS TAKEN-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️DON’T BELIEVE IT-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️SOME CHOOSE DARKNESS (Rory Moore/Lane Phillips #1) Almost ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️THE SUICIDE HOUSE (Rory Moore/Lane Phillips #2) ⭐️⭐️⭐️Clearly, I AM a fan of the author’s work BUT this will be a DNF for me. The first 25% alternates between the night of the brutal crime when Alexandra’s parents and brother are killed...

A messy plot that ends with a surprising twist! When she was 17 years old, Alexandra Quinlan's parents and little brother were ruthlessly shot and killed inside their family home. Accused of the crime, she becomes a media sensation dubbed "empty eyes (which is a stupid name, IMHO). Ten years have passed. Exonerated from the crime, Alex is now an investigator for a prominent law firm, searching for the killer.It seemed like the plot was heading in one direction, but it abruptly changes direction ...

Hard driving ambition can trip you up at times.Charlie Donlea has infused Those Empty Eyes with a wide panoramic vision. You'll see what I mean when you open the door on this one and hop in. There are multitudes of characters, settings, timelines, situations, and backstories to make you swoon. Ambition on overdrive. Those Empty Eyes could have been split up into three volumes and with a pending series in the make. Like just too much buttercream on that cake.But let's begin......There's a horrend...

“Those Empty Eyes” includes three different storylines introducing us to multilayered, inspiring heroines coming from different backgrounds, ages, and motives. One of them is Alexandra Quinlan ( Armstrong). She might be considered the main character/ survivor/ tormented soul/ outcast/ tough fighter/ smart detective of the book. She found her parents and her brother massacred at their own house at the age of 17, and she outsmarted the killer by hiding behind a grandfather clock. But at the same n...

bruh... I've read 20-ish pages of his other book The Girl Who Was Taken and it was juicy. But then I got distracted so I never finished it (I will return one day). So when I saw his latest on NetGalley, of course I had to request. I mean ya'll know how I love my familicde so what could be better? Tbh anything. This book felt like it was written 20 mins before his deadline with a gun to his head. Sloppy, shallow, stupid. There was so much potential if the author had slowed down and taken his time...