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A review by rmichno
The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry
3.0
3.5 Stars
This started out good and I was interested in the setting and the mysteries - the murder and the mystery of what happened to Monk's memory. But I found it got bogged down in way too many internal dialogues where Monk would overthink everything. It became tedious and slowed down the story.
There was also a jarring change of narrator about 1/2 way through the book, which almost made it feel like two separate stories.
Unfortunately it didn't come together in the end. I found the ending to be abrupt and unsatisfying.
I'm not sure if I'll continue with this series. The writing style was good but the pacing was poor.
This started out good and I was interested in the setting and the mysteries - the murder and the mystery of what happened to Monk's memory. But I found it got bogged down in way too many internal dialogues where Monk would overthink everything. It became tedious and slowed down the story.
There was also a jarring change of narrator about 1/2 way through the book, which almost made it feel like two separate stories.
Unfortunately it didn't come together in the end. I found the ending to be abrupt and unsatisfying.
I'm not sure if I'll continue with this series. The writing style was good but the pacing was poor.