Review: Misguided mess
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2014
I did not care for this book. It purports to be a mystery yet the main emphasis of the story is a love relationship that forms between a police detective and someone he meets at a bar who conveniently becomes involved in a case he is working. Coincidences are signs of plot lines that are not well thought out. Another area I found to my disliking is the several sex scenes. I do not buy books to read sex scenes. I feel there should be warnings given for potential readers. This would prevent buyers from getting stuck with books they do not want to read.Pressing on. The main character is not very likeable. I am sure the author was attempting to show growth and change in the main character's personality. Unfortunately, she is simply not talented enough to pull this off. The transitions are obvious and annoying. Bad writing is like bad fish: it smells. Another thing I do not understand is why Chris T. Kat (a made up name if ever there was one) felt the need to create a disabled brother in order to present a major obstacle in the path of a relationship between Jeff and Alex. Jeff, being a closeted policeman, would seem to me to be enough of an obstacle. As for the mystery revolving around harm being visited upon disabled children, there is not enough of a mystery or a threat in the novel to really care.Chis T. Kat, for those who do not know, is a female. As well as other genres, she writes M/M novels. This just really makes no sense to me. A woman (she is married with children, so I guess she is straight) writing sex scenes of homosexual men is more than uncomfortable and disturbing to me. I do not believe it should not or cannot be done, The Jamie Brodie series is written by Meg Perry. It is a superb series. Perry writes from a psychological stance that is universal. Her books are incredibly realistic. Chris T. Kat writes unrealistically. This book reads like a bad romance novel for gay men. Any relationship between her characters and any gay man I have ever known is purely coincidental.I cannot recommend Attachment Strings. Based upon this book, I would also suggest readers look elsewhere for material to read. Perhaps Chris T. Kat's other genre fiction efforts are more worthwhile than this venture.