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A review by in_libris_speramus
The Seance by John Harwood
2.0
I wanted to like this book, the premise sounded so promising. Unfortunately, Harwood wrote his characters to be absolutely histrionic over each and every little thing that passes in front of them. The men fall over themselves when a pretty lady meets their acquaintance. One of them acts so queerly after meeting one of the female characters that you think he may be having a stroke. That same character can't keep his wits about him after *doing absolutely nothing wrong* but finding himself a "witness" to a possible murder. The women faint everywhere. EVERYWHERE. They lose all sense of reason on so many different occasions that I'm surprised no one smacked them back into reality.
If it weren't for the underlying mystery of this book, I wouldn't have continued on with it. With that said, the ending was a flop. It was tied up far too nicely that it was unsatisfying. The story seems to be heading one way and then POOF!!!! Here's your savior, swooping in at the last second, keeping our main character out of trouble and tidying up all of the lose ends nice and square. And then, just like that, the story fking ends.
If it weren't for the underlying mystery of this book, I wouldn't have continued on with it. With that said, the ending was a flop. It was tied up far too nicely that it was unsatisfying. The story seems to be heading one way and then POOF!!!! Here's your savior, swooping in at the last second, keeping our main character out of trouble and tidying up all of the lose ends nice and square. And then, just like that, the story fking ends.