Is Catch the Devil Worth Reading?
Ada’s Score
Pamela Colloff traces the damage inflicted by a con man across Florida, drawing on her long-form reporting instincts. Colloff excels at anatomizing how deception spreads and who it wounds, and the human cost is rendered with care. The narrative sometimes lingers on procedural detail at the expense of momentum. It is a patient book that occasionally mistakes thoroughness for tension.
“Colloff's gift is empathy without sentimentality — she maps the con's fallout on real people with unusual care. The pacing sags, but the reporting is first-rate.”
Ada Brief
AI reading intelligence“Colloff's gift is empathy without sentimentality — she maps the con's fallout on real people with unusual care. The pacing sags, but the reporting is first-rate.”
Catch the Devil Review
Colloff's gift is empathy without sentimentality — she maps the con's fallout on real people with unusual care. The pacing sags, but the reporting is first-rate.
Rating: 4.1 / 5
Ada’s reservations
The pacing stalls where Colloff mistakes procedural completeness for suspense, slackening past the setup. True-crime readers craving propulsion may lose patience. Her reporting reputation holds firm regardless.
Ada’s score reflects both strengths and reservations.
Book Details
- Publisher
- Endeavour Group
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- ISBN-13
- 9780593230862
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Ada’s Score
4.1
Ada’s editorial score — not an aggregate of reader reviews.
Common Questions About Catch the Devil
- Is Catch the Devil worth reading?
- Colloff's gift is empathy without sentimentality — she maps the con's fallout on real people with unusual care. The pacing sags, but the reporting is first-rate. Ada rates it 4.1 out of 5.
- What are the main weaknesses of Catch the Devil?
- The pacing stalls where Colloff mistakes procedural completeness for suspense, slackening past the setup. True-crime readers craving propulsion may lose patience. Her reporting reputation holds firm regardless.
- How many pages is Catch the Devil?
- Catch the Devil is 320 pages long — around 6–7 hours at an average reading pace.
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