Review: Interesting...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 10, 2011
I must say, being a mystery fan, I am a bit torn by this book. While I love Archie and the whole concept of "him", Julius really bothers me. Most great mystery stories have you slapping your own forehead in the end and saying, "How did I miss that?" this book is more of a "How the hell does he know that?" book. I did enjoy it as a quick read, but was entirely disappointed with the fact that he never actually did an "sleuthing" and always just managed to get the guilty party to confess based on conjecture. In the real world it would never happen. All in all I wouldn't pay for this book or any other by this author but if anymore become available for free I might get it for some light mindless reading. Personally, I like the stories that have you trying to solve the mysteries right along with the Hero/Heroine. But I do like the fact that the stories are told from "Archie's" point of view, a very cool idea just poorly executed.