Book Review – A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter
A Faint Cold Fear by Karin SlaughterMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book was a disappointment, for several reasons. First, the story felt forced and fragmented. Some of the plot twists strained credulity and had a bit of a Deus ex machina air. Second, the author made a major gaffe, sustained over many pages, by confusing a shotgun with a rifle. I couldn’t believe this wasn’t caught by an editor in a traditionally published novel by a bestselling author from a major publishing house. The Remington Wingmaster was repeatedly referred to as a rifle and the terms caliber and gauge used interchangeably. The error was sufficiently serious and sustained to significantly detract from my enjoyment of the story. The author even thanked a source at the end of the book for educating her about shotgun terminology! Lastly, the characters’ angst actually became tiresome, mainly because they seemed to do little to overcome it. Reading about self- pity is never pleasurable. Character development was almost nil in this novel. I will read the rest of the books in the Grant County series, but I hope they’re significantly better than this one.
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Book Review – Say Nothing, by Brad Parks
Say Nothing by Brad ParksMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A strong entry by popular author. Parks knows how to twist a plot, and hit all those emotional buttons to keep a reader reading. However, some of his rationalizations were weak or uninformed and the book on the whole was about five chapters too long.
View all my reviews A strong entry by popular author. Parks knows how to twist a plot, and hit all those emotional buttons to keep a reader reading. However, some of his rationalizations were weak or uniformed and the book on the whole was about five chapters too long.
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