Long-winded, littered with largely irrelevant incidents and culminating in an anticlimax.
Rating: 2.2/5
Sadly, I have to describe this as being a "shaggy dog story" - long-winded, littered with largely irrelevant incidents and culminating in an anticlimax.
It started promisingly enough, with a good setting and a cast of characters which should have provided a solid foundation for the basis of a thriller, but the longer it went on, the more disappointing it became. Obviously the scene needs to be set, but the build up in this story took up the first 80% of the book. I lost count of how many end-of-chapter "cliffhangers" there were. These were supposedly intended to grip the reader and build the tension. They didn't. They were repetitive and irksome. When the action did finally move forward it was just too contrived.
Plenty of other reviewers seem to have enjoyed this book, but I found it disappointing and didn't think it lived up to its potential. It was an ok read, but nothing more.
Sadly, I have to describe this as being a "shaggy dog story" - long-winded, littered with largely irrelevant incidents and culminating in an anticlimax.
It started promisingly enough, with a good setting and a cast of characters which should have provided a solid foundation for the basis of a thriller, but the longer it went on, the more disappointing it became. Obviously the scene needs to be set, but the build up in this story took up the first 80% of the book. I lost count of how many end-of-chapter "cliffhangers" there were. These were supposedly intended to grip the reader and build the tension. They didn't. They were repetitive and irksome. When the action did finally move forward it was just too contrived.
Plenty of other reviewers seem to have enjoyed this book, but I found it disappointing and didn't think it lived up to its potential. It was an ok read, but nothing more.