Review: Ouch
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2012
This will teach me to be carried away by rave reviews. I should know better but there are lots of very admiring reviews on ths here. No doubt I'll be slated for my opinion given how many think otherwise. But here goes. It starts out ok - the only early gripe was the writing style which is a bit lacking, simplistic. It is hard to describe without using the words pulp fiction. Which has come to mean something else. I see this style as belonging on supermarket shelves - mass fiction which needs no thought. And then the story. It is a good premise, the kind of is he isn't he . Childhood memories that are missing and therefore our killer could be our author. Even he does not know. I worked it out half way through. I lost patience then with our hero's stupidity and interest along with it. I skimmed to the end although tempted to abandon ship but I was promised a twist after all. Ha, should have known better! One word can sum this up - predictable. It has been years since I read Stephen King to whom this author is compared in some of these rave reviews. From what I remember of Mr. King I see no resemblence. Stephen King is a master of suspense. His books did scare me no matter how bizarre the theme. His penmanship is vastly superior.