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It took a long time for this to find a pace where I could say it was a page-turner. Honestly, for better than half the book, it was annoyingly slow, and had far too much unnecessary dialogue, with people who turned out to be completely irrelevant.
By the time all the facts are revealed, it’s anti-climactic at best, and confusing at worst.
Really? It was that guy? What? How?
I mean, if you’re gonna throw a loop, at least make it one where it makes sense. Had any intelligent person been given that one clue at the start, this book would’ve been about 100 pages shorter—and likely needed to be anyhow.
Harper spends far too much time with the whole misdirection nonsense. Perhaps because that’s all she could do.
I guess you’re supposed to suspect everyone in a book like this, but at least flesh your characters out enough to make them look culpable. All the shaky hands, elongated looks, and sweaty brow stuff got old quick.
Honestly, I only stuck with it because I kept hoping to see Mal Deacon’s despicable self get what was coming to him.
I’ll only say that turned out to be a HUGE disappointment.
And that whole bit with the lighter?
Seriously?
Sigh.
I don’t know that this makes me want to go out and grab Force of Nature, but if you’re into slow-burning (and I do mean “slow”) mysteries, this ones for you.
By the time all the facts are revealed, it’s anti-climactic at best, and confusing at worst.
Really? It was that guy? What? How?
I mean, if you’re gonna throw a loop, at least make it one where it makes sense. Had any intelligent person been given that one clue at the start, this book would’ve been about 100 pages shorter—and likely needed to be anyhow.
Harper spends far too much time with the whole misdirection nonsense. Perhaps because that’s all she could do.
I guess you’re supposed to suspect everyone in a book like this, but at least flesh your characters out enough to make them look culpable. All the shaky hands, elongated looks, and sweaty brow stuff got old quick.
Honestly, I only stuck with it because I kept hoping to see Mal Deacon’s despicable self get what was coming to him.
I’ll only say that turned out to be a HUGE disappointment.
And that whole bit with the lighter?
Seriously?
Sigh.
I don’t know that this makes me want to go out and grab Force of Nature, but if you’re into slow-burning (and I do mean “slow”) mysteries, this ones for you.