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57 reviews for:
Inherit the Dead
S.J. Rozan, John Connolly, Sarah Weinman, Stephen L. Carter, Dana Stabenow, Charlaine Harris, Marcia Clark, James Grady, Alafair Burke, Bryan Gruley, Lisa Unger, C.J. Box, Lawrence Block, Lee Child, Val McDermid, Ken Bruen, Max Allan Collins, Heather Graham, Mark Billingham, Jonathan Santlofer
3.14 AVERAGE
57 reviews for:
Inherit the Dead
S.J. Rozan, John Connolly, Sarah Weinman, Stephen L. Carter, Dana Stabenow, Charlaine Harris, Marcia Clark, James Grady, Alafair Burke, Bryan Gruley, Lisa Unger, C.J. Box, Lawrence Block, Lee Child, Val McDermid, Ken Bruen, Max Allan Collins, Heather Graham, Mark Billingham, Jonathan Santlofer
3.14 AVERAGE
what a waste of all that talent. Without a single likeable character, there was no reason to care about what happened.
I rate simply: 5 = liked it, 3 = meh, and 1 = didn't like it.
The problem with this puppet show is the strings are visible at all times. When a bunch of mystery writers get together to make an Exquisite Corpse novel, they can't resist nodding to each other in the prose, and it gets tiresome and repetitious. The hero will have you rolling your eyes as well, not only for what a caricature he is, but also for how dense. This wasn't terrible, just very basic and forgettable.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Ever since I found The Floating Admiral on the shelves of my bibliophile mother's workroom and was pulled into that fascinating literary game of consequences, I have been rather enthralled with the idea of a single, cohesive narrative written by multiple authors. The whodunit variant has been done countless times since the famous Detection Club (Christie, Sayers, Chesterton, Whitechurch, the Coles, Wade, Rhode, Kennedy, Knox, Crofts, Jepson, Dane, and Berkeley! Oh my!) published The Floating Admiral in 1931. Some good. Some stinkers. And I've read most of them. This is a pretty good one. It's not ground-breaking, but the mystery is sufficiently mysterious and watching the twists and turns as each author takes the wheel is a lot of fun, especially if you are familiar with the authors' bodies of work. Imperfect, because serial-novels always are - and that's part of the fun - it draws you in with interesting characters and a remarkably cohesive plot for something written by 20 people. There is no way that Lee Child will come across as Charlaine Harris or that Mary Higgins Clark will have the same focus as Heather Graham, but with Jonathan Santlofer's gentle guidance, the story moves pretty smoothly throughout. A good read.
I liked the multiple author voices, but the story itself was a little lacking
This book had chapters written by 20 different crime/thriller authors. Ex NYPD Detective Perry Christo was forced to leave the police force under questionable circumstances. His marriage collapsed at the same time and he only see his 15 year old daughter on weekends. He is now a private detective. He receives a call from Julia Drusilla, a very wealthy woman who is trying to find her daughter. She is not close with her daughter, Angel, and hasn't even seen her in over a year. She tells Perry that Angel is due to inherit a huge fortune on her 21st birthday, but only if she signs some papers on the actual day. Perry goes to meet Julia's ex-husband, who leads him to her best friend, who leads him to her boyfriend, etc. I felt like lots of clues were planted along the way but when the book ended I wasn't completely happy with the resolution.
The premise of this book was interesting - 20 mystery writers getting together to each writer a chapter of a whodunnit for a good cause. The writing was less interesting. This book took forever to get off the ground. Only my guilt at finishing books I count towards the annual reading challenge kept me going.