jfbfsf 's review for:

Ripper by Isabel Allende
2.0

Ugh. I have loved Isabelle Allende books in the past, so I was really surprised how little I enjoyed this. Reading it felt like a chore. It tried to be several different genres, and didn't quite succeed at any of them. The characters felt one note, and she kept hitting us over the head with each of their specific quirks. I found myself skimming some of her (many) lengthy descriptions of their personality traits... which she kept throwing in there, even 3/4 of the way through the book. The suspense/thriller part felt like something from a lesser episode of Criminal Minds, or a made for TV movie. It just didn't hit any of the right notes for me.