Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by lynwebster
Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb
3.0
This is one of my favourite escapist series. Murder and mayhem, yes, but with a light touch and a fluid writing style that makes it all go down very easy. And yet, this one didn't quite hit the spot for me. I was left wanting more.
All the usual ingredients are there: Dallas as hard-nosed and capable as ever, Roarke dashing and supportive, villains you love to despise and feel no need to empathise with. But I wasn't convinced. Peabody, McNabb and the usual supporting cast felt almost like caricatures rather than fully fleshed out people. They were just a collection of their individual quirks. The heart was somehow missing.
Even more important, I didn't believe in the perpetrators at all. I just didn't. They weren't real on the page, and their motivations just didn't work for me, possibly because we never got into their heads, never saw them until the moment we found out who they were, just before the climax.
This wasn't a terrible book by any means, but coming after the excellent Dark in Death, it was a disappointment.
Still, I'll be reading the latest instalment, Connections in Death. After 47 books and counting, I'm too invested to stop now.
All the usual ingredients are there: Dallas as hard-nosed and capable as ever, Roarke dashing and supportive, villains you love to despise and feel no need to empathise with. But I wasn't convinced. Peabody, McNabb and the usual supporting cast felt almost like caricatures rather than fully fleshed out people. They were just a collection of their individual quirks. The heart was somehow missing.
Even more important, I didn't believe in the perpetrators at all. I just didn't. They weren't real on the page, and their motivations just didn't work for me, possibly because we never got into their heads, never saw them until the moment we found out who they were, just before the climax.
This wasn't a terrible book by any means, but coming after the excellent Dark in Death, it was a disappointment.
Still, I'll be reading the latest instalment, Connections in Death. After 47 books and counting, I'm too invested to stop now.