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A review by morethanmylupus
The Trials of Lila Dalton by L.J. Shepherd
medium-paced
2.0
Netgalley ARC
This was one of those books that had so much potential, but never quite got there.
A lawyer who finds herself in a courtroom and doesn't know how she got there sounded like a great premise and I usually don't mind unreliable narrators in a thriller. This case has a defendant who is a neo-nazi whose bomb killed a large number of people. Now we have the added complication of the lawyer's daughter missing - and her life depends on what happens in this case. And, if that wasn't enough, the case is happening on an Alcatraz-like island.
But the suspense was lost for me in all the legal mumbo jumbo, which dragged on and on. It wasn't sold as a legal thriller, so this was frustrating. The story was just weird and I found it too confusing even for a speculative fiction novel. This one wasn't for me.
A huge thank you to the author and the publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.
This was one of those books that had so much potential, but never quite got there.
A lawyer who finds herself in a courtroom and doesn't know how she got there sounded like a great premise and I usually don't mind unreliable narrators in a thriller. This case has a defendant who is a neo-nazi whose bomb killed a large number of people. Now we have the added complication of the lawyer's daughter missing - and her life depends on what happens in this case. And, if that wasn't enough, the case is happening on an Alcatraz-like island.
But the suspense was lost for me in all the legal mumbo jumbo, which dragged on and on. It wasn't sold as a legal thriller, so this was frustrating. The story was just weird and I found it too confusing even for a speculative fiction novel. This one wasn't for me.
A huge thank you to the author and the publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.