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A review by woody1881
Strip Search by William Bernhardt
2.0
This was my first William Bernhardt book, so I may give him another chance but...
This book made me yell at certain pages like some people yell at a movie screen when something completely stupid happens. It would take pages to discuss all of the problems with this book so I will just give a few of the bigger ones here.
1. The characters are not well developed. It was all but impossible to know any of the people in the book well enough to care about what happened to them along the way.
2. On a scale of realistic situations between 1 and 10, with 10 being the most realistic, this book gets a .05. There were dozens of examples of things so outlandish that I wanted to call the author and ask if he was serious or if he allowed some young relative to write certain chapters.
3. Most of the premises meant to build "drama" or "suspense" lacked foundation. In one part the main character is said to have bungled the investigation in many ways and was hanging on by a thread. The problem was there were no mistakes made, just the usual process of putting the pieces together. The author just made other characters over-react to create tension.
In conclusion, I know that everyone has a different taste in books. This author has obviously sold a few copies, but I would not give this book more than fifty pages, if you don't like it, don't waste any more time. I won't give his next book more than that, if I find one I will even consider.
This book made me yell at certain pages like some people yell at a movie screen when something completely stupid happens. It would take pages to discuss all of the problems with this book so I will just give a few of the bigger ones here.
1. The characters are not well developed. It was all but impossible to know any of the people in the book well enough to care about what happened to them along the way.
2. On a scale of realistic situations between 1 and 10, with 10 being the most realistic, this book gets a .05. There were dozens of examples of things so outlandish that I wanted to call the author and ask if he was serious or if he allowed some young relative to write certain chapters.
3. Most of the premises meant to build "drama" or "suspense" lacked foundation. In one part the main character is said to have bungled the investigation in many ways and was hanging on by a thread. The problem was there were no mistakes made, just the usual process of putting the pieces together. The author just made other characters over-react to create tension.
In conclusion, I know that everyone has a different taste in books. This author has obviously sold a few copies, but I would not give this book more than fifty pages, if you don't like it, don't waste any more time. I won't give his next book more than that, if I find one I will even consider.