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2.0 AVERAGE
2.0 AVERAGE
Disappointing and I'm not likely to read this author again.
I hadn't read any of Berry's books before so deliberately chose book #4, thinking that any kinks in the writing would be ironed out by book 4. Hmmmmm.
I just had a number of problems with this book.
The protagonist, Bromo, is described as a "Former British secret agent". I can see why he is a "former agent" - because he keeps getting taken by surprise. For an agent, he is shockingly unaware of his surroundings at times, since people can sneak up on him. One time, he "underestimates" someone and gets kidnapped. Duh.
Somehow it just irked me that the women all wore stilettos. And clacked in them.
And people slapping their hands on desks? How many times can people do that in one book?
And smirk? I don't tend to come across many people in my daily life who do smirk, but folks in this book did it often. Weird.
This slapping of hands had to do with a couple of people, including Bromo, who had hair triggers for sure. Underneath the exterior, but not far underneath, anger, even rage, was just waiting to be ignited. And that rage boiled over and prevented them from acting or thinking rationally. For a former agent, this seems to be a fairly major failing.
And for a murder mystery - who was the "bad guy"? I picked that person out fairly early in the book although there were some weird other wrinkles in the storyline that seemed unnecessary. I prefer mysteries where the "bad guy" is not so predictable.
I hadn't read any of Berry's books before so deliberately chose book #4, thinking that any kinks in the writing would be ironed out by book 4. Hmmmmm.
I just had a number of problems with this book.
The protagonist, Bromo, is described as a "Former British secret agent". I can see why he is a "former agent" - because he keeps getting taken by surprise. For an agent, he is shockingly unaware of his surroundings at times, since people can sneak up on him. One time, he "underestimates" someone and gets kidnapped. Duh.
Somehow it just irked me that the women all wore stilettos. And clacked in them.
And people slapping their hands on desks? How many times can people do that in one book?
And smirk? I don't tend to come across many people in my daily life who do smirk, but folks in this book did it often. Weird.
This slapping of hands had to do with a couple of people, including Bromo, who had hair triggers for sure. Underneath the exterior, but not far underneath, anger, even rage, was just waiting to be ignited. And that rage boiled over and prevented them from acting or thinking rationally. For a former agent, this seems to be a fairly major failing.
And for a murder mystery - who was the "bad guy"? I picked that person out fairly early in the book although there were some weird other wrinkles in the storyline that seemed unnecessary. I prefer mysteries where the "bad guy" is not so predictable.