Review: Humorous but Unrealistic Dialog
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2013
This was an Amazon recommendation for me based on other books I had purchased. I was intrigued by the idea of the story being told several times and curious as to why so I purchased the book. I was expecting a mystery based on the cover stating "A Goldwash Mystery". There really was no mystery though so that was disappointing. The repeated retelling of the story was a very clever gimmick that worked well (you'll have to read the book to see why the author did that - that's really the only mysterious thing about the book). The humorous dialogue was unbelievable - no one talks like that except in sitcoms, it just wasn't realistic. The non-humorous dialogue was fine though. All in all an average book with a clever technique brought down by the dialogue. Or to quote the author "It's the talking where we get stuck in the mud."