I knew there was a reason I didn't care for James Patterson novels...they're clunky as hell. While I typically enjoy short, to-the-point chapters...these were disjointed and all over the place. First, they're all told from different perspectives, but the narrator of the chapter isn't identified in any way...so you literally spend a paragraph or two just trying to figure out whose thoughts you're reading. Second, there are huge time gaps. One 2-page chapter will end, and the next will take place 30 days later. Normally, that wouldn't bother me. But as a reader, I was immediately dropped into the middle of a murder trial, with only the barest hint of any detail. In writing, that does sometimes work. In this book, it absolutely did not. That's clunky writing. Period.
Furthermore, police and trial procedural seems to be nonexistent. And can I just say, this might have been the STUPIDEST police department in the history of all police departments, throughout the entire world? "Some random person says I should arrest you for murdering 8 people? Well, alrighty then. Let me get a warrant."
Sorry. It doesn't work that way.
Lastly, this book is FAR too long, and even worse, it's predictable. By around the 40% mark, I'd figured it out. Blah. I've read 52 books so far this year (it's 4/22), and this one took me a full week to finish. That should tell you something. The author was throwing red herrings all over the place, introducing characters which simply didn't need to be introduced, and writing story lines which added quantity, but certainly not quality.
This novel is definitely not a winner, and I'm sorry to say, I can't knowingly recommend this book to anyone. 1.5 stars rounded to 2.
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I noticed several bad reviews concerning this novel, but I simply must disagree. This isn't one of Patterson's best, but it is definitely a good read. Not sure why there were so many one star reviews.
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