Review: It's Not Hearsay That I Did Not Like This Book.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
Have you ever had a situation where you have said to someone in conversation, "I don't know if I could do what (insert name here) did?" in relation to an illness or taking care of someone. It is usually something we say out of awe or respect, or as conversation. Well, that is the primary plot driver behind Hearsay. If you think this book may include a court case, forget it, you would be dead wrong. It is a lot about a silly misunderstanding that blows up bigger than a parade float. Attorney's are communicators, they ask questions. Not this pair. They pine and they brood.I had issues with this book - Disney Derrick and Ruminative Roman were not characters that inspired me or gave me any passion. Derrick was sappy and not characterised at all well. Roman was stilted and one dimensional. It was impossible to believe these men were thirty two and forty four years old.The dialogue left a lot to be desired and the inner ramblings or thought processes were too much. A question would be asked and pages and pages later it may be answered. Derrick is a thirty two year old attorney in a position of senior associate, but he is written like a teenage girl -'Roman was his prince charming come to life...'......'"But I want babies," Derrick whimpered...'Derrick has a plan to get his man and it must go to order.'Derrick wasn't interested in fooling around. He wanted bona fide dating. He wanted to be Roman's boyfriend. He wanted to meet his parents and get invited to dinner at their house. Maybe if they were official, the grapevine would finally lay off Derrick's future husband.' They aren't even dating! Break out a love heart and draw an arrow through it.The thought of sex? Unappealing.Seriously spunk is not sexy. Oddly, Roman seems to find it sexy.'His hands started shaking. He was breathing so hard his damn glasses were fogging, all because he couldn't stop thinking about freeing Derrick's c@ck and worshipping the spunk out of it.'Really?! No!The ending is sudden. It just stops. No cliff hanger, as that would imply action. No, it just stops and you read "The Beginning Gainsay." I will not be reading Gainsay.There are quite a few reasons why I did not like Hearsay, and why I have rated it as I have, but they contain spoilers and can be found elsewhere.I review at On Top Down Under Book Reviews