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A review by adanna_h
Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne Allen
mysterious
slow-paced
3.0
I had mixed feelings about Pay Dirt Road. There were things that I liked and others that didn't work for me.
What worked:
o From the first pages, Samantha Jayne Allen gives the reader a vivid, descriptive picture of Garnett, Texas; there's a strong sense of place
o Great premise -- two murders rock a small town to its core
o Main character's Annie's backstory
What didn't work:
o Slow pace of the novel; I read and listened to this book and preferred the audiobook as it kept me more engaged in the story
o While Annie is smart and determined to find her friend's killer, she constantly puts herself in unsafe situations as she investigates; she acts mostly as a solo investigator instead of an apprentice who has two experienced resources available to her
o Poor integration of the environmental aspect of the story (the handling was very superficial)
Overall, Pay Dirt Road is well written and had a lot of potential, but it didn't fully deliver for me.
Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for a digital copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this voluntary review are my own.
What worked:
o From the first pages, Samantha Jayne Allen gives the reader a vivid, descriptive picture of Garnett, Texas; there's a strong sense of place
o Great premise -- two murders rock a small town to its core
o Main character's Annie's backstory
What didn't work:
o Slow pace of the novel; I read and listened to this book and preferred the audiobook as it kept me more engaged in the story
o While Annie is smart and determined to find her friend's killer, she constantly puts herself in unsafe situations as she investigates; she acts mostly as a solo investigator instead of an apprentice who has two experienced resources available to her
o Poor integration of the environmental aspect of the story (the handling was very superficial)
Overall, Pay Dirt Road is well written and had a lot of potential, but it didn't fully deliver for me.
Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for a digital copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this voluntary review are my own.