A review by imijen
The Lewis Man by Peter May

3.0

I did not find the central mystery as intriguing as in the first of the trilogy and I definitely don't think it was as strong a book overall, but I loved so much being returning to this part of the world, and all the wonderful atmospheric touches May adds to his descriptions of the land and its people. In fact, I enjoyed this part of the book so much that I think I'm going to start the final part of the trilogy immediately. It's a shame that there was little suspense in this book due to the flashbacks and the reader always being one step ahead of our "investigation", Fin. I was also fairly frustrated by what I thought was a repeat from the first book;
Spoilerthat is, the relationship between Johnny and Ceit as children felt like a complete copy of Fin and Marsailli's as childhood sweethearts. I think May needs to write both stronger female characters and stronger romantic relationships. This all felt more of the same...
. Most of all, I hope the main mystery is stronger and more tense in the final book.