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A review by theciz
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
1.5
I tried another Jackson Brodie, despite being a bit neutral on the first book, and in some ways this was better, but it still has the same major problems as the first.
The main one is, despite getting the audiobook version with Jason Isaacs, I just don’t like Brodie as a character. Amazing to think, but he’s a worse version of Cormoran Strike - all the unpleasant middle-aged maleness, none of the redeeming pathos and charm.
In fact, I found all of the characters to be awful - annoying cliches and stock personalities - so all attempts at human drama kind of fall flat. I felt the interconnected mysteries and POVs worked better in this outing compared to the first, and after a slow start I flew through the middle of the book quite intrigued. However, while I appreciate the mystery wasn’t for once solved by the detective getting a random brainwave but by a logical following of available clues, it still felt pretty flimsy and random. Too rushed and too many handy coincidences to be satisfying.
The main one is, despite getting the audiobook version with Jason Isaacs, I just don’t like Brodie as a character. Amazing to think, but he’s a worse version of Cormoran Strike - all the unpleasant middle-aged maleness, none of the redeeming pathos and charm.
In fact, I found all of the characters to be awful - annoying cliches and stock personalities - so all attempts at human drama kind of fall flat. I felt the interconnected mysteries and POVs worked better in this outing compared to the first, and after a slow start I flew through the middle of the book quite intrigued. However, while I appreciate the mystery wasn’t for once solved by the detective getting a random brainwave but by a logical following of available clues, it still felt pretty flimsy and random. Too rushed and too many handy coincidences to be satisfying.