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A review by literatiqueen
Murder Theory by Andrew Mayne
3.0
I really loved the Naturalist, but reading Murder Theory gave me the same feeling I had when I stopped watching Supernatural during its eleventh season- I of course loved the characters, but most of the original ideas had ran out by that point and truly good episodes were few and far between. This book largely lacked the horror and shock factor that the previous books had. I enjoyed the science components of the book, especially the virology aspect, but even with my background in science it was a bit hard to follow at times.
Listen, I love Theo. I admire his tenacity and conviction, and I always appreciate his steadfast humor. He’s intelligent, but this can easily lead to arrogance and pride. However, he usually does the right thing because his intentions are ultimately good.
But in this book I think he crossed a line that didn’t need to be crossed. Countless lives were saved in the end, but at what cost for Theo? I fear he’s going down a bad path and trading his soul to find these serial killers. There has to be another way.
All in all, this book was simply not as good as the first, or the second, which was a solid sequel to a phenomenal book that honestly probably cannot be beat.
Listen, I love Theo. I admire his tenacity and conviction, and I always appreciate his steadfast humor. He’s intelligent, but this can easily lead to arrogance and pride. However, he usually does the right thing because his intentions are ultimately good.
But in this book I think he crossed a line that didn’t need to be crossed. Countless lives were saved in the end, but at what cost for Theo? I fear he’s going down a bad path and trading his soul to find these serial killers. There has to be another way.
All in all, this book was simply not as good as the first, or the second, which was a solid sequel to a phenomenal book that honestly probably cannot be beat.