Review: There Goes an Interesting Plot
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2012
Great title, Great Cover--sounds like it's going to be a fun romp through love gone wrong, with a lot of break-up/make-up and finally finding happily ever after. Not so quick. Kim, the "black sheep" protagonist of the novel finally finds (quick) love with a "perfect" man she has dated for six weeks before he pops the question and wants a rush wedding. That should have been a red flag for anyone who's watched talk shows over the past 25 years. Not Kim though, she "believes in love" and rejects any notion that there might be anything dis-ingeniousness about Mr. "doesn't look you in the eyes when he's talking to you, and always looking over his shoulder." That should have been her second clue. The cops bust up the wedding, somehow thinking this would be the best way to "catch" the groom, which seems a bit gratuitously convoluted and theatrical. Naturally, in the mayhem that ensues, cake goes flying as the agents run around trying to catch the run away groom--yawn. The "bride," whom the cops are sure is "in on" Mr. Man's embezzlement schemes, is dragged off to the clinker where the lead detective can't stop looking at her boobs, fantasize about kissing, licking, sucking, etc., them (author's words, not mine--probably 20 separate mentions throughout the book about her ample assets). About 1/3 of the book is spent w/ her in lock up, making nice to the inmates (braiding their hair, interpreting their horoscopes, etc.)as any "lovable kook" would do. The rest of the book isn't much better..By the end of the book, everything is resolved exactly as you would suspect it to be after reading the first 50 pages, with no delicious surprises, nor any pithy writing to make getting to the end a fun ride.Plot: PredictableCharacters: One-dimensionalSentence Structure: FlatWould I recommend this book: NoWould I reread this book: NoWould I pay for this book: No