A review by krikketgirl
Bones Under the Beach Hut by Simon Brett

2.0

I identified strongly with Carole at the beginning, but as the story went on she became rather wearing. I felt that Brett was just trying too hard to invoke our sympathy. In addition, I felt that there were several unsavory elements that didn't really need to be included in the book. Overall, though, the low rating is because I just didn't find the book fulfilling. It felt tedious, repetitious, and shallow. Shallow isn't, in all, a bad thing; but the feeling in this book was that every character was just a stock character traipsing through his or her paces with little charm or insight. It was also unhelpful that almost every character besides the main duo were painted in negative shades. It was a relief to surface and put this one on the shelf.