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A review by billymac1962
The Dark Room by Jonathan Moore
2.0
Wow, what happened?
I loved The Poison Artist. Five-starred it, in fact.
This was something I was very excited about because the only reason I read it was because of a review I had read for The Night Market but wanted to read the first two novels in this very loosly linked trilogy first.
The Dark Room hooked me immediately. I was totally engaged and the central crime was horrific beyond imagination. But somewhere around the 40% mark tedium set in. The investigation slowed to a snail's pace and for the most part the characters did not touch me at all.
The tedium continued until about 66%, at which point I had decided that I would finish the book that day, essentially skimming to about 90% and finally slowing down to cut to the chase. If this wasn't a short novel I wouldn't have bothered.
Maybe the fact that this was geared to be a predominantly police procedural that made it so dull. But dull it was. Dull enough to question whether I want to read the last book after all. (Oddly, The Dark Room is the highest ranked of the three).
What a letdown. I had thought I'd found a new favorite author.
I'll likely change my mind and give him another chance. It'll be a while, though.
I loved The Poison Artist. Five-starred it, in fact.
This was something I was very excited about because the only reason I read it was because of a review I had read for The Night Market but wanted to read the first two novels in this very loosly linked trilogy first.
The Dark Room hooked me immediately. I was totally engaged and the central crime was horrific beyond imagination. But somewhere around the 40% mark tedium set in. The investigation slowed to a snail's pace and for the most part the characters did not touch me at all.
The tedium continued until about 66%, at which point I had decided that I would finish the book that day, essentially skimming to about 90% and finally slowing down to cut to the chase. If this wasn't a short novel I wouldn't have bothered.
Maybe the fact that this was geared to be a predominantly police procedural that made it so dull. But dull it was. Dull enough to question whether I want to read the last book after all. (Oddly, The Dark Room is the highest ranked of the three).
What a letdown. I had thought I'd found a new favorite author.
I'll likely change my mind and give him another chance. It'll be a while, though.