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leahreadsalot 's review for:
The Broken Shore
by Peter Temple
Found this in a used-bookstore, and picked it up because of the cover art! This is not the first time I have done this, and thus I have decided that once in a whilke, you CAN judge a book by its cover. "The Broken Shore" received 4 stars from me for the following reasons:
1. Dialogue--the writer is Australian and there were many phrases that were new to me, which was a treat. Additionally, the dialogue itself seemed realistic and police-officerish, no-nonsense.
2. The style--Peter Temple describes things in a lovely, melancholy way, which I appreciate
3. The plot--This is described as a "procedural crime novel" and so you kind of expect a very slow, meticulous, possibly overly-detailed plot (i.e. In the Woods by Tana French) that takes too long to get to the point. NOT SO with The Broken Shore; it is indeed meticulous, but Temple establishes characters and backstories in a way that keeps the reader interested and wanting more.
1. Dialogue--the writer is Australian and there were many phrases that were new to me, which was a treat. Additionally, the dialogue itself seemed realistic and police-officerish, no-nonsense.
2. The style--Peter Temple describes things in a lovely, melancholy way, which I appreciate
3. The plot--This is described as a "procedural crime novel" and so you kind of expect a very slow, meticulous, possibly overly-detailed plot (i.e. In the Woods by Tana French) that takes too long to get to the point. NOT SO with The Broken Shore; it is indeed meticulous, but Temple establishes characters and backstories in a way that keeps the reader interested and wanting more.