Whilst I am very grateful for the copy of this book that I recieved I have not let that effect my opinion.This is an honest review based only on my thoughts.
The Cover -
Stricking design, good use of colours. The front image of the Mayfly was followed through onto the back. Nice job, would have drawn my attention if I saw it in a bookstore. However it doesn't actually represent much of what the book is about except you know at some point a insect will be involved. (Which fyi its more of a codename but there are a few dead carcasses in there)
The Characters -
I have just put this book down and I can only remember the name of one character and I can't say I cared much for anyone in this book. They were either cliches, plot devices or a person for one character to monologue a bunch or exposition at.
The Plot -
I have no clue how someone managed to make Nazi eugenics, mutilated corpses and death cults into a non starter but they did. It took until page 300 and something for any sense of danger to present ittself and by that point I was so bored and utterly removed from everyone I couldn't give a poop who died. Infact i'm still not sure why anything that happened in this book happened to the people it did.
The past and present timeline just barely met up in the most glossed over convenient way. People are just randomly having sex and falling in love all over the place, like honestly there is an officer with a typist who sees her "shimmering hair" once and just like ... forgets there is a Nazi in front of him? what?.
Heaven help me was this repeatative. If I had to read "serial killer brother" "disasosiative identity/loosing touch/detatching" "he kept looking at her he wasnt sure why/there was something about her" I was going to cry myself to sleep!
Like I get it he has a mental disorder it was completely exploitative and mentioned on every other bloody page. There is a line between representation and just filling paragraphs with his detatching because you can't think of a way to get from one scene to another. Yes his brother did some killings. Woop. Literally has nothing to do with the book. (Also there is a scene betwee the MC and the brother where they are shamelessly ripping off Mycroft and Sherlock)
Which brings me to the main reason I am so irritated, this book is 40% set up for a series 30% shoved in backstory which bogs down the pace. I should be able to read the a book without it being expected I am going to buy all the others that are yet to be released. It isn't as if it is book 5 and some expectation of familiarity is there.
I have probably offended a bunch of people here as I seem to be the only person who disliked this. It is just my opinion it doesn't mean you can't like it or that you're wrong or that i'm wrong. Just means i'm honest.
The Cover -
Stricking design, good use of colours. The front image of the Mayfly was followed through onto the back. Nice job, would have drawn my attention if I saw it in a bookstore. However it doesn't actually represent much of what the book is about except you know at some point a insect will be involved. (Which fyi its more of a codename but there are a few dead carcasses in there)
The Characters -
I have just put this book down and I can only remember the name of one character and I can't say I cared much for anyone in this book. They were either cliches, plot devices or a person for one character to monologue a bunch or exposition at.
The Plot -
I have no clue how someone managed to make Nazi eugenics, mutilated corpses and death cults into a non starter but they did. It took until page 300 and something for any sense of danger to present ittself and by that point I was so bored and utterly removed from everyone I couldn't give a poop who died. Infact i'm still not sure why anything that happened in this book happened to the people it did.
The past and present timeline just barely met up in the most glossed over convenient way. People are just randomly having sex and falling in love all over the place, like honestly there is an officer with a typist who sees her "shimmering hair" once and just like ... forgets there is a Nazi in front of him? what?.
Heaven help me was this repeatative. If I had to read "serial killer brother" "disasosiative identity/loosing touch/detatching" "he kept looking at her he wasnt sure why/there was something about her" I was going to cry myself to sleep!
Like I get it he has a mental disorder it was completely exploitative and mentioned on every other bloody page. There is a line between representation and just filling paragraphs with his detatching because you can't think of a way to get from one scene to another. Yes his brother did some killings. Woop. Literally has nothing to do with the book. (Also there is a scene betwee the MC and the brother where they are shamelessly ripping off Mycroft and Sherlock)
Which brings me to the main reason I am so irritated, this book is 40% set up for a series 30% shoved in backstory which bogs down the pace. I should be able to read the a book without it being expected I am going to buy all the others that are yet to be released. It isn't as if it is book 5 and some expectation of familiarity is there.
I have probably offended a bunch of people here as I seem to be the only person who disliked this. It is just my opinion it doesn't mean you can't like it or that you're wrong or that i'm wrong. Just means i'm honest.