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A review by innatejames
The Feral Detective by Jonathan Lethem
3.0
A Brooklyn woman goes to Southern California to find her friend’s missing daughter and gets help from an unconventional detective.
I enjoyed how character-driven this story was. Phoebe and Charles are complex and strangely relatable they are. The mystery in the story played second fiddle to the budding relationship. Like, Phoebe found the person she came for and the moment was immediately stolen with Charles’s situation. So I guess what I’m saying is this isn’t a story for mystery lovers to read.
Although the ending certainly seemed like it was setting up for a sequel. I hope so at least because I definitely put the book down not feeling like things were resolved. I will read the next book if there is one because I liked the characters and found the situations they were in very entertaining, even though they didn’t always make sense.
I enjoyed how character-driven this story was. Phoebe and Charles are complex and strangely relatable they are. The mystery in the story played second fiddle to the budding relationship. Like, Phoebe found the person she came for and the moment was immediately stolen with Charles’s situation. So I guess what I’m saying is this isn’t a story for mystery lovers to read.
Although the ending certainly seemed like it was setting up for a sequel. I hope so at least because I definitely put the book down not feeling like things were resolved. I will read the next book if there is one because I liked the characters and found the situations they were in very entertaining, even though they didn’t always make sense.