Scan barcode
A review by micrummey
Like This, For Ever by Sharon Bolton
3.0
A fast paced page turner which has the Lacey character looking in from the outside as she recovers from the Cambridge incident. Here lies a bit with a problem with the book, you do have to have read previous novels in the series to fully appreciate the relationship between Lacey and Josebury.
The plot involves 11 year-old Barney Roberts being fascinated by a series of murders of boys his own age in London. The person who writes the blurb on the back couldn't have read the book as they describe Barney as 12. This type of detail I find annoying.
Barney comes across as intelligent and engaging throughout but Bolton does use him as an information dump as he and friends spend a night on the bank of the river Thames.
There are plenty of red herrings to keep any reader going and the author does like graphic detail especially towards the conclusion.
Once I found out who and how the crimes were committed I was let down slightly by the plausibility of it all but it was still a decent read.
The plot involves 11 year-old Barney Roberts being fascinated by a series of murders of boys his own age in London. The person who writes the blurb on the back couldn't have read the book as they describe Barney as 12. This type of detail I find annoying.
Barney comes across as intelligent and engaging throughout but Bolton does use him as an information dump as he and friends spend a night on the bank of the river Thames.
There are plenty of red herrings to keep any reader going and the author does like graphic detail especially towards the conclusion.
Once I found out who and how the crimes were committed I was let down slightly by the plausibility of it all but it was still a decent read.