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A review by maccymacd
Soot by Andrew Martin
2.0
What a surprising disappointment. There was so much potential with this story. I loved the idea of it - a man named Matthew Harvey who's occupation is 'cutter of shades' is murdered with a pair of scissors. There don't seem to be any suspects, but then Matthew's son decides to release a man from debtor's prison named Fletcher Rigge, and gives him a limited amount of time to find his father's murder. He must do so by tracing the last 6 sitters that interacted with him. His forfeit is that he will be sent back to the prison and not released.
What a great idea!! But in fact it's pretty dull, the characters all seem to merge into one, and the story goes on for (in my opinion) double the amount of time I think it should. When the end came I couldn't understand it, I didn't understand (even then) who had committed the crime - I must've been suffering with amnesia. The perks of the book however, were that the pages were smudged with (what was supposed to be) soot, and the cover is pretty cool.
What a great idea!! But in fact it's pretty dull, the characters all seem to merge into one, and the story goes on for (in my opinion) double the amount of time I think it should. When the end came I couldn't understand it, I didn't understand (even then) who had committed the crime - I must've been suffering with amnesia. The perks of the book however, were that the pages were smudged with (what was supposed to be) soot, and the cover is pretty cool.