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A review by dana_naylor
Secret Identity by Alex Segura
medium-paced
2.5
Very disappointing.
I wanted to like this a lot more than I did. There’s so much potential, but it kept falling flat for me.
I almost just put the book down as a DNF at over 75% done; it was that bad.
I got so frustrated with the main character’s choices and with how she was described.
She’d make a decision and go off to be bold and investigate, and then she’d wimp out.
OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
The mystery is only adequate and the Black female detective in 1975 doesn’t read as real to me.
I liked the setting on New York City and the world of comics.
I liked the main character in theory.
I liked the comics pages in the book of the fictitious comic.
I may attempt the author’s next book in the same world.
Don’t go into this with high hopes.
I wanted to like this a lot more than I did. There’s so much potential, but it kept falling flat for me.
I almost just put the book down as a DNF at over 75% done; it was that bad.
I got so frustrated with the main character’s choices and with how she was described.
She’d make a decision and go off to be bold and investigate, and then she’d wimp out.
OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
The mystery is only adequate and the Black female detective in 1975 doesn’t read as real to me.
I liked the setting on New York City and the world of comics.
I liked the main character in theory.
I liked the comics pages in the book of the fictitious comic.
I may attempt the author’s next book in the same world.
Don’t go into this with high hopes.