{"id":323177,"date":"2025-11-28T14:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/hello-transcriber-by-hannah-morrissey-thoughts\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:07:07","slug":"hello-transcriber-by-hannah-morrissey-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=323177","title":{"rendered":"Hello, Transcriber by Hannah Morrissey (thoughts)"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Summary from Goodreads:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

“Every night, while the street lamps shed the only light on Wisconsin’s most crime-ridden city, police transcriber Hazel Greenlee listens as detectives divulge Black Harbor’s gruesome secrets. As an aspiring writer, Hazel believes that writing a novel could be her only ticket out of this frozen hellscape. And then her neighbor confesses to hiding the body of an overdose victim in a dumpster.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The suspicious death is linked to Candy Man, a notorious drug dealer. Now Hazel has a first row seat to the investigation and becomes captivated by the lead detective, Nikolai Kole. Intrigued by the prospects of gathering eyewitness intel for her book, Hazel joins Kole in exploring Black Harbor’s darkest side. As the investigation unfolds, Hazel will learn just how far she’ll go for a good story\u2015even if it means destroying her marriage and luring the killer to her as she plunges deeper into the city she’s desperate to claw her way out of.”<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

My Thoughts:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I was so excited when I received an ARC of this book and then I just let it languish on my shelves. \u00a0I truly hate when that happens even if it does happen sometimes more often than I would like. \u00a0This book just sounded from the description above like my type of book. \u00a0And there were certainly elements that made this my type of read, but there were also things that I struggled with. \u00a0Where this book shines in my opinion is in its’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>atmosphere<\/span><\/span>. \u00a0This author can write – that’s for certain. \u00a0She was able to make me feel like I was right there in this small town where it feels like nothing good ever happens. \u00a0If you loved the vibes that Gillian Flynn created in <\/span>Sharp Objects<\/b>\u00a0with Camille’s hometown, then you will also love those similar feeling dark vibes that are present in this book. \u00a0It’s that tense,\u00a0<\/span>ominous\u00a0feeling where it almost feels like Black Harbor is alive from the way that it is described. \u00a0And I loved that part of it – I am always here for a book with a strong\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere\u00a0(for lack of a better way to describe it). \u00a0Also, this book is dark so be sure to check content warnings if you need them. \u00a0Hazel is an interesting main character. \u00a0She is one of those characters that we as\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0reader never quite understand her motivations. \u00a0All of this I was on board with. \u00a0What I wasn’t on board with as much was her questionable choices and the lack of explanation\/reasoning behind them. \u00a0I’m going to keep things spoiler free but I will say that it felt like Hazel was on self destruct mode but we are never given the\u00a0<\/span>full\u00a0reasons why. \u00a0It made it very hard to understand or relate to the choices that she was making. \u00a0Basically, this is a nice way of saying that she made me frustrated which caused me to set the book down multiple times. \u00a0Don’t get me wrong, I was also compelled to pick it back up to see where it was all going and how it was going to end. \u00a0But I was also so annoyed by Hazel and the decisions that she was making because\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0was no real context given on the why’s behind it all. \u00a0I’ll leave it at that because to say more would be diving into spoiler territory. \u00a0If you’ve read this one, what did you think of Hazel and the decisions she made throughout this book? \u00a0I’m truly curious!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Readers who enjoy atmospheric, dark reads, those readers who are looking for books with similar vibes to <\/span>Sharp Objects<\/b> (notice I say vibes, these are two very different books otherwise), and those readers who enjoy a grittier mystery should pick this book up. \u00a0There were enough elements to this book that I enjoyed where I would probably rate this book four stars if I actually still did ratings and I do plan on reading more by this author. \u00a0Because the vibes in this book were immaculate if you like darker reads. \u00a0If you prefer more mystery, then this book might not be for you.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Disclosure: \u00a0I received an advanced\u00a0<\/span>review\u00a0copy from the publisher. \u00a0<\/span>Honest\u00a0thoughts are my own.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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