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reader_of_rohan 's review for:
Murder on Line One
by Jeremy Vine
2.5 stars rounded up, and thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. I really wanted to like this book. I like Jeremy Vine, and I liked the concept, but for the first hundred or so pages, I was really not into it at all. I didn't really like the way it was written, or the characters, and it felt so painfully slow.
After that start, there was a moment - in a place called Tanner - where this book nearly became a DNF because it was so ludicrous. I felt that a lot of the reveals were way too obvious, and I was disappointed that it took the characters so long to make some connections, because the hints had been so explicit.
I thought the romance scam plot was well-used, and it was a good basis for a story - and the radio setting was fun, though it could have been more of a part of the story.
Overall, this book wasn't for me, but it wasn't really bad - like raisins in a salad, I'm sure someone likes it, and it's technically palatable.
After that start, there was a moment - in a place called Tanner - where this book nearly became a DNF because it was so ludicrous. I felt that a lot of the reveals were way too obvious, and I was disappointed that it took the characters so long to make some connections, because the hints had been so explicit.
I thought the romance scam plot was well-used, and it was a good basis for a story - and the radio setting was fun, though it could have been more of a part of the story.
Overall, this book wasn't for me, but it wasn't really bad - like raisins in a salad, I'm sure someone likes it, and it's technically palatable.