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A review by dominiquediane
The Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni
Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.
I found the premise of this book extremely intriguing, but the payoff wasn't there for me in the book itself. For me this was a good idea, poorly executed. To sum up, when Mike Brink was a high school football QB, he suffered a traumatic head injury that led to a rare side effect - acquired savant syndrome, giving him the ability to solve and create puzzles like no one else in the world. This ability is what gets him pulled into the mystery at the heart of the book.
I made it through 50% of this book before I gave up. It wasn’t that the main story/mystery wasn’t compelling, it was more of an issue with the author’s writing style for me. The narrative is very info-dumpy and full of backstory that is told in grand detail over the course of several pages for every one page of actual plot-moving storyline. And I have to admit, most of the information in these info dumps was not that relevant to the story. This might appeal to some readers, but it simply did not work for me.
Furthermore, I found the relationships between the main character and his "love interest" to be forced. It didn't come off as authentic or believable and it was one of the other main reasons I eventually DNF'd this book.
I made it through 50% of this book before I gave up. It wasn’t that the main story/mystery wasn’t compelling, it was more of an issue with the author’s writing style for me. The narrative is very info-dumpy and full of backstory that is told in grand detail over the course of several pages for every one page of actual plot-moving storyline. And I have to admit, most of the information in these info dumps was not that relevant to the story. This might appeal to some readers, but it simply did not work for me.
Furthermore, I found the relationships between the main character and his "love interest" to be forced. It didn't come off as authentic or believable and it was one of the other main reasons I eventually DNF'd this book.