Review: Not Like Angela Lansbury
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 21, 2012
This book will not appeal to everyone who thinks they like murder stories. Based on various reviews I've seen, many don't like to see violence or sex in their stories and, to these people may I suggest you look elsewhere for a cheap read. There is sex. There is violence. There is even some depravity in play. Nothing is portrayed in particularly lurid fashion, but these elements are thoroughly entwined in the story.For me, the story idea was pretty good, the writing a bit better than pretty good & the characters interesting, if mostly unlikeable. Of course we know going in that our "hero" is seriously flawed, a loser himself, guilty of previous bad choices that have him in the position his life has taken, so we should go into the reading understanding that. The story that plays out, then, should come as little surprise. The bad guy is really bad. The not so good, not so bad guys & girls are mostly sleazy.This is not a story with a feel good, warm & fuzzy ending. In fact, it's a little disturbing. It's not a cautionary tale. It doesn't offer any redeaming feaures that might offer a glimmer of hope for the hero or any of the other characters. It's just a pretty good slice of life story about someone, at the end of the day, you don't have to care about, somewhat like driving by a car accident on the highway.