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usbsticky's review against another edition
1.0
GoodReads rating 1 star = I did not like it.
It started off pretty promising as the writing was easy to read and get into. But the problem is that there are several POV's going on at the same time and too many characters. I think a plot/story has to stay focused so the reader can follow along easily.
In this case one of the narratives was boring. Who is Diane McKinzie? Was she a character from book #1 I was supposed to know? But the characters were so flat and this narrative so unlikable that I just skipping parts of it.
The detective narrative looked like it was going somewhere but too many people got into it and became a plot mass instead of a plot line. Some of the characters felt promising but they were just discarded and this happened over and over again.
In the end I didn't care about any of the characters or whether even where the story was going. I often say: write this for the reader, not for yourself. Having 2 or more narratives at once is ok but in this case all 2 or 3 narratives were slow paced and uninteresting. I just didn't enjoy it.
I got this book free as a review copy.
It started off pretty promising as the writing was easy to read and get into. But the problem is that there are several POV's going on at the same time and too many characters. I think a plot/story has to stay focused so the reader can follow along easily.
In this case one of the narratives was boring. Who is Diane McKinzie? Was she a character from book #1 I was supposed to know? But the characters were so flat and this narrative so unlikable that I just skipping parts of it.
The detective narrative looked like it was going somewhere but too many people got into it and became a plot mass instead of a plot line. Some of the characters felt promising but they were just discarded and this happened over and over again.
In the end I didn't care about any of the characters or whether even where the story was going. I often say: write this for the reader, not for yourself. Having 2 or more narratives at once is ok but in this case all 2 or 3 narratives were slow paced and uninteresting. I just didn't enjoy it.
I got this book free as a review copy.
gawronma's review against another edition
3.0
A strong addition to Grant's Cooper Devereaux series. I am curious to see what happens next.
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