The premise to this book sounded like it was going to be a tense and suspenseful novel. With a murder taking place and involving the book world I thought this would be my kind of book. Unfortunately it just fell a bit flat for me.
The writing is very clever don’t get me wrong. The author had obviously done a significant amount of research on forgeries in the book world and calligraphy but it was just too in depth. The plot for the story seemed to take a backseat while the author discussed heavily about forgeries and how they come about. It was very uneventful and very slow paced. It also was obvious from the very start of the book who the murderer was.
The narrator, Will was not a pleasant character so I could not take to him whatsoever. He was rather irritating and frustrating to read about.
It is a shame as this book had so much promise but too much background information and not enough plot for me.
The writing is very clever don’t get me wrong. The author had obviously done a significant amount of research on forgeries in the book world and calligraphy but it was just too in depth. The plot for the story seemed to take a backseat while the author discussed heavily about forgeries and how they come about. It was very uneventful and very slow paced. It also was obvious from the very start of the book who the murderer was.
The narrator, Will was not a pleasant character so I could not take to him whatsoever. He was rather irritating and frustrating to read about.
It is a shame as this book had so much promise but too much background information and not enough plot for me.