A review by jagoiv
The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer

2.0

It started well. I was really liking it but about half way through the author stopped showing and started telling— explaining— the plot!! It was a dramatic shift and by 3/4 through it was like he was just finishing it bc of a book contract. The writing was ok but got worse as it moved on. There is very little character development and all the “figuring it out” in a good thriller is replaced by 2-3 pages of explanation. Two stars is generous.