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A review by si0bhan
Judgment Road by Christine Feehan
2.0
Christine Feehan is an author that constantly appears on my radar, and I’ve been meaning to read one of her books for a long time. As I have a weakness for motorcycle clubs – all the angst and drama that surrounds them – I decided to give Judgment Road a read.
From the start, I had trouble with this one. The writing was incredibly repetitive. Within the same pages – in some cases paragraphs – and it could have easily been cut with a good editor. For an author that is so popular and with so many books under her name, I found this really strange. Nevertheless, I persisted in the hope it would serve a purpose.
As the book continued, the repetitiveness lessened slightly, but it never faded. However, something else grew to annoy me. There were so many details that were not explained well, so many elements that left me unsure of what was going on in the world. This could be because this series links to other work by the author, and I would have understood these details had I read them, but I would have liked some explanation. Those words used to restate the same thing over and over could have been used to ensure new readers understood the world.
Sure, the story had some addictive elements. However, there was far too many things that were left open for me to enjoy this one. I know it’s the first in the series, but there were elements related to this couple that were deemed closed after a single sentence, even though it didn’t really close anything.
I guess the popularity of the author had me expecting far too much. As it was, Judgment Road failed to sell Christine Feehan to me.
From the start, I had trouble with this one. The writing was incredibly repetitive. Within the same pages – in some cases paragraphs – and it could have easily been cut with a good editor. For an author that is so popular and with so many books under her name, I found this really strange. Nevertheless, I persisted in the hope it would serve a purpose.
As the book continued, the repetitiveness lessened slightly, but it never faded. However, something else grew to annoy me. There were so many details that were not explained well, so many elements that left me unsure of what was going on in the world. This could be because this series links to other work by the author, and I would have understood these details had I read them, but I would have liked some explanation. Those words used to restate the same thing over and over could have been used to ensure new readers understood the world.
Sure, the story had some addictive elements. However, there was far too many things that were left open for me to enjoy this one. I know it’s the first in the series, but there were elements related to this couple that were deemed closed after a single sentence, even though it didn’t really close anything.
I guess the popularity of the author had me expecting far too much. As it was, Judgment Road failed to sell Christine Feehan to me.