Review: Non-compelling
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2012
I prefer mysteries that keep me guessing up to the explanation at the end, and I figured this one out by the end of the second chapter.  By that time I also didn't particularly care for the main character, though I liked her older son. I found the constant references to the missing husband rather irritating, especially since the author doesn't tell us who Alexi was until his mystery-shrouded name had been sprinkled through the text five times.  One reviewer liked the lack of explanations in the book, but I don't enjoy passages that make me feel like the author is trying to play games with my head.  If the character doesn't know something, I'm OK with not knowing it, but pages of gloomy "Alexi is missing" with no explanation of who he was to warrant this attention made me grouchy.  I skipped to the end to confirm my guess and didn't feel any need to fill in the missing chapters. Overall, the author uses words well, and I'm sorry that I didn't find the book more compelling.