Review: Slow Deep Read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 10, 2013
I pretty much enjoyed Mr. Harrison's book but it had a tendency to wander about quite a bit.  That had a tendency to not allow the book to flow as well as I think it could have. The author drops out of the "now" often and into the past but it isn't so much a flash back as  seeming to try to fill in or add more depth to the story, but to me, it often irritated me. Your main characters have some very heart wrenching things happen to them at the start which is what causes us to have a story at all. I am not sure exactly how much I can share without it becoming a "spoiler" alert but I imagine this part will be on the back cover of the book so... you don't learn  that Neil's wife Wendy is NOT dead until a bit of time passes. I think earlier would have been better.  There are  things about the two  main characters , Neil and his soon to be girl friend , that make me grit my teeth. Things that in a real world would be logical  conclusions , these two  muck it up. When Chris goes missing, for example and they are looking everywhere for him, immediately you the reader ( at least I sure think you would)  will go.. oh sure, bet I know where he is but his father who knows him best NEVER figures it out until someone says something that puts a bright light over his head.. well duh. Those kind of things bother me. There is the story within the story about a fight that has drastic consequences which is actually pretty fast paced and works into a good story. Mr. Harrison wraps that up in the end quite nicely. He has a good talent and I think he will get better and better with each book. Its easy for us on the outside to criticize  and complain but I would never had the guts to write a novel, so, as always, Mr. Author, I salute you.