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A review by magpiefox
Paper Son by S.J. Rozan
4.0
I received this as an advance readers' copy from NetGalley in return for an honest review.
ALERT: MILD SPOILERS
I've been reading the Lydia Chin/Bill Smith series since the beginning, and it's always been a favorite. This book was a long time coming - it's been 8 years since the last installment - so I was pretty excited to read it.
Overall I liked the book a lot. The mystery is interesting, and the setting new for the series. I was a little thrown by the ending, which felt forcedly tied up with a bow. The narrative suggested a different ending, and I had to think about it for a while to decide how I felt. In the end I decided that the solution of the mystery wasn't as important as the theme that runs through the entire book -- that family and identity are very important, but they can't always be defined as cleanly as we would like. This series has always been about the characters for me more than the mystery, and this book serves as an important turning point for Lydia in particular.
I hope that the next installment will come more quickly than this one -- the book ended on a tiny cliffhanger.
ALERT: MILD SPOILERS
I've been reading the Lydia Chin/Bill Smith series since the beginning, and it's always been a favorite. This book was a long time coming - it's been 8 years since the last installment - so I was pretty excited to read it.
Overall I liked the book a lot. The mystery is interesting, and the setting new for the series. I was a little thrown by the ending, which felt forcedly tied up with a bow. The narrative suggested a different ending, and I had to think about it for a while to decide how I felt. In the end I decided that the solution of the mystery wasn't as important as the theme that runs through the entire book -- that family and identity are very important, but they can't always be defined as cleanly as we would like. This series has always been about the characters for me more than the mystery, and this book serves as an important turning point for Lydia in particular.
I hope that the next installment will come more quickly than this one -- the book ended on a tiny cliffhanger.