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The Truth about the Devlins
by Lisa Scottoline
DNF @ 15%
I’ve enjoyed previous books by this author, but this was a huge miss. Trying-to-meet-a-word-count writing style. Weirdly descriptive ramblings about every single character. Tells, rather than shows, the reader how the MMC feels about every character. Weird flashbacks to what I assume were formative events in his life, slapped into the middle of a scene like he’s been suddenly transported into the past. Every other sentence is about a car. Where he parked, which other cars he parked next to, locking his car, what noise it made when he locked it, shutting the door, etc.
I’ve enjoyed previous books by this author, but this was a huge miss. Trying-to-meet-a-word-count writing style. Weirdly descriptive ramblings about every single character. Tells, rather than shows, the reader how the MMC feels about every character. Weird flashbacks to what I assume were formative events in his life, slapped into the middle of a scene like he’s been suddenly transported into the past. Every other sentence is about a car. Where he parked, which other cars he parked next to, locking his car, what noise it made when he locked it, shutting the door, etc.