First off, I did enjoy the book overall and I would have given it four stars but if I’m being honest, I was sorely tempted to shelf the book until later as I felt that my attention was waning and the story dipped and it was looking likely that I would need a break.
Thankfully, what I now realise was holding me back, righted itself and I was able to continue on and get into the book properly. The first third of the book, for me, was too busy, too many characters and backstory already clashing with the actual story. We switched between the two main characters, who were at one point nothing to do with the other and frankly it was almost as if a leap of faith/artistic license was used to bring some semblance of sense to the book.
Once, the story started to flow better, it had enough to keep me interested and overall I was glad to have continued on. I like the mixture of present day mischief and mystery mixing with a cold case, I think the start of the book could have been better planned and developed, which would have meant we got to the meat of the story without so much unnecessary background noise.
Thankfully, what I now realise was holding me back, righted itself and I was able to continue on and get into the book properly. The first third of the book, for me, was too busy, too many characters and backstory already clashing with the actual story. We switched between the two main characters, who were at one point nothing to do with the other and frankly it was almost as if a leap of faith/artistic license was used to bring some semblance of sense to the book.
Once, the story started to flow better, it had enough to keep me interested and overall I was glad to have continued on. I like the mixture of present day mischief and mystery mixing with a cold case, I think the start of the book could have been better planned and developed, which would have meant we got to the meat of the story without so much unnecessary background noise.