A review by shelflife
Down River by John Hart

2.0

I actually enjoyed this book and would give it 3 1/2 stars if I was able. It was a fast-paced page-turner, who-done-it that if you had a long, leisurely afternoon, could most likely finish in one sitting. However, the reason I didn't give it more stars was that I didn't really connect with any of the characters. I felt no attachment to them as they were not developed well, pretty flat, cardboard people. When writing about dysfunctional families, there are so many areas to build your characters and enrich them that this author failed to do.

There were also a couple of holes in the story that were never addressed.

It was a by the numbers formula who-done-it style that I find easy to write, easy to read. Great beach book. I would definitely read this author while on vacation, it's a perfect read for that.