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A review by eatingwords
The Darker Side by Cody McFadyen
2.0
I have to admit that I wasn't as impressed with this book in the series as I was with the first two books.
The story about 'The Preacher' was somehow not as interesting as about 'The Shadow Man' or 'The Stranger'. I mean, I liked the premise of sin and revelation and how each of the murdered victim that was focused on had its own story part. But that was about it. There was too much religion, too much embellishment and focus on the Catholic church and I just wasn't a fan of it.
I also found the characters' backstories to be too shallow this time. There could have been much more depth to it, but it all seemed too distant, to unimportant in relevance to the big case and I was a bit sad about that as I wanted to know more about Smoky's relationship with Tommy, Bonnie, Elaina and her work-family.
Overall the story was fast-paced, just as the previous Smoky Barrett books, and interesting enough to keep on reading, although I didn't think it was as good as the previous ones.
The story about 'The Preacher' was somehow not as interesting as about 'The Shadow Man' or 'The Stranger'. I mean, I liked the premise of sin and revelation and how each of the murdered victim that was focused on had its own story part. But that was about it. There was too much religion, too much embellishment and focus on the Catholic church and I just wasn't a fan of it.
I also found the characters' backstories to be too shallow this time. There could have been much more depth to it, but it all seemed too distant, to unimportant in relevance to the big case and I was a bit sad about that as I wanted to know more about Smoky's relationship with Tommy, Bonnie, Elaina and her work-family.
Overall the story was fast-paced, just as the previous Smoky Barrett books, and interesting enough to keep on reading, although I didn't think it was as good as the previous ones.