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A review by mrsbooknerd
Land of the Living by Nicci French
1.0
One star sounds harsh because I did read it all and I wanted to know the ending, but I did not enjoy the journey.
I though Abbie was an absolute fool. That isn't the word I want to call her but I figure I'll get kicked off GR if I use anything stronger.
She was kidnapped and was threatened with death then she spent the rest of the book walking from one dangerous situation into another. She was flakey and rude and illogical.
"I got kidnapped and nearly died and I have amnesia and no house or money, can I stay with you? Your baby woke me up, you're so selfish I cannot possibly stay here!"
She got money and then spent the whole lot of haircuts, new clothes and taxis. She gave it away to people of the street and kept just buying wine...
I'm not sure if I am expressing it clearly enough but I hated Abbie. She ruined the book.
The plot was actually great. It was paced fairly well and was different to the usual plot. I genuinely wanted to know what had happened and who had done it. I was suspicious of everyone, even if Abbie did just go off with every Terry, Dick and Ben in the book without a care.
Usually I don't like plots where no one believes the 'hero' but this one worked because there was no evidence and Abbie was the most unreliable of narrators. So even I was skeptical.
I also found the writing style a bit annoying. It was super listy (real word) instead of one or two examples it would go on and on and on until I was thinking, for goodness sake I get the picture, get on with it!
In short. I liked the idea but not necessarily the end product.
I though Abbie was an absolute fool. That isn't the word I want to call her but I figure I'll get kicked off GR if I use anything stronger.
She was kidnapped and was threatened with death then she spent the rest of the book walking from one dangerous situation into another. She was flakey and rude and illogical.
"I got kidnapped and nearly died and I have amnesia and no house or money, can I stay with you? Your baby woke me up, you're so selfish I cannot possibly stay here!"
She got money and then spent the whole lot of haircuts, new clothes and taxis. She gave it away to people of the street and kept just buying wine...
I'm not sure if I am expressing it clearly enough but I hated Abbie. She ruined the book.
The plot was actually great. It was paced fairly well and was different to the usual plot. I genuinely wanted to know what had happened and who had done it. I was suspicious of everyone, even if Abbie did just go off with every Terry, Dick and Ben in the book without a care.
Usually I don't like plots where no one believes the 'hero' but this one worked because there was no evidence and Abbie was the most unreliable of narrators. So even I was skeptical.
I also found the writing style a bit annoying. It was super listy (real word) instead of one or two examples it would go on and on and on until I was thinking, for goodness sake I get the picture, get on with it!
In short. I liked the idea but not necessarily the end product.