Review: Implicated
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2012
As I was approaching the end, in the low 90% range, I was thinking I might rate this a three but say closer to 3.5 in my narrative. The ending, though, was a bit flat so I'll call it a straght 3. Even the editing seemed to deteriorate down the home stretch.That said, the plot, while complicated, is pretty well developed. The climactic scenes develope nicely in pretty organized and believable progression, except for, essentially, the actual last page or two.Dialogue is used rather sparingly, a plus or minus depending on individual preferrence. The author over-uses our hero's name in the narrative, and the fleshing out of his character, and why he is where he is, occurs almost as an aside in the very late stages of the story, even as the ending is well under way - it might have been better served taking place earlier. And, finally, while it's definitely surprising to find out who the mysterious top bad guy is, it seems a little far-fetched, even given time to think about it.At the end of the day, this was a decent cheap read and I'm looking up other offerings by the author.