A review by belanna2
Every Dead Thing by John Connolly

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

The one glaring issue with Conelly's character, Charlie Parker, was his need to over-explain and the overtly, over-descriptives for the most trivial things; it got to the point where I dreaded new information, things, or observations the character would make because I knew a long-ass info drop would come next. Second, this book should have been split in two; there were two different stories going, which in the second half of the book, weighed it down. The second half on the book should've been book two; when the "second act" started, I was surprised Parker didn't get clued in when the NOLA PD's in-your-face hint to a certain character's persona. The "red herrings the author threw in to drag the story out were completely transparent and unnecessary.