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A review by alliehwilliams
The Carrier by Sophie Hannah
2.0
I wanted to love this. I can tell the author is talented because I kept reading even though I wanted to take 75% of the characters out back and give them a good old-fashioned beat down. This was the most frustrating book I've read in a long time, mainly because of my feelings for nearly all of the non-detective characters.
Spoiler Alert
My main problem with this book:
Tim Breary is the most unappealing sadsack of a male character since Jude the Obscure. I got sick of hearing about his low self-esteem and how he thought he was unlovable and how all the characters kept explaining away his ridiculous, inexcusable behavior because he was oh, so pitiful. After reading pages and pages of complicated unraveling of his psyche while characters tried to explain his inexplicable decisions, *I* agreed with him!! Tim Breary is unlovable!!! Eeyore would be better company. By the time you find out who killed Francine and why and how, you will hate him too. I liked Gaby initially, but when she discovered the depths to which Tim had sunk (to be fair, he didn't start out at any great height) and still wanted him? I was done.
I did not like this book but I still finished it so I will read something else by Sophie Hannah in the future. She has a good sense of humor as evidenced by Charlie and Simon's exchanges, and Gaby and Lauren's conversations. This just wasn't for me.
Spoiler Alert
My main problem with this book:
Tim Breary is the most unappealing sadsack of a male character since Jude the Obscure. I got sick of hearing about his low self-esteem and how he thought he was unlovable and how all the characters kept explaining away his ridiculous, inexcusable behavior because he was oh, so pitiful. After reading pages and pages of complicated unraveling of his psyche while characters tried to explain his inexplicable decisions, *I* agreed with him!! Tim Breary is unlovable!!! Eeyore would be better company. By the time you find out who killed Francine and why and how, you will hate him too. I liked Gaby initially, but when she discovered the depths to which Tim had sunk (to be fair, he didn't start out at any great height) and still wanted him? I was done.
I did not like this book but I still finished it so I will read something else by Sophie Hannah in the future. She has a good sense of humor as evidenced by Charlie and Simon's exchanges, and Gaby and Lauren's conversations. This just wasn't for me.