Review: Strangest book I ever read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2014
Well, I really don't know what to say about this one.First of all the story is ok. Not great, but not bad. As I was reading it I thought it was fine for a lazy afternoon. It was not one of those fast paced, page turning, have you on the edge of your seat dramas where you cannot wait to see what happens next. But it was a good read for one of those slow summer days.As many reviewers state, there is way too much telling of all the drinking beer (& small bladders) of both Jake & his dog. But apparently that was of great importance to the author. So we read about it a LOT. Same with the burgers & fries they both eat.The story goes on & on about the missing gold coins. Makes you wish you had never heard about the gold coins, but they are central to the story so on & on we go. For a while I actually wondered if there really WERE any gold coins. But when houses were torn apart while no one was home, I figured there must be.But what I found really odd about this story was the way it ended. Can't say I ever read a book before where the killer was the one who told you he did it & filled in all the details you had not figured out (including the fact he did it). Don't think I really liked that approach. There is another book in the series, & I sure hope we have a better ending than this or I will not be reading any more works by this author!