Review: Not your typical supernatural thriller or police mystery for that matter.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 18, 2014
It is moments like this that I really wish there was a .5 scale rating system on this website because I likely have rated this book a 3.5. On the positive side I found A Passing Curse to generally enjoyable and I was a bit caught up in the mystery element surrounding the character Ajax. I liked having the author tease us with little glimpses or suggestions about the nature of the Ajax without giving an actual definition of whom or what he is. I also thought that some of the death scenes were creative. Also a positive mark for me was the use of other supernatural elements based in a specific Native American tribal culture; giving the story a very uniquely American twist. On the negative side, I felt that the two main characters were hard to relate to in that Rusty was unrealistically intrepid for a woman with a scholar’s background. Her male counterpart Reese, seemed to jump to conclusions too quickly for someone who spent years as a homicide detective. Lastly, I found it difficult to assume that even in a small town where money rules that so many homicides and other incidents would have been that easy to seep under the rug.