Review: Predictable
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2014
When you only develop two characters in the entire book outside of the victim's family, and subsequently kill one of those people off, it is pretty obvious why this second character was developed.  No red herrings here.  If I consider a P.D. James to be a 5 star, then this is really a 2-2.5 star, I gave it three for effort.  It isn't badly written, but there is much room for improvement.  The message of the book seems to be, as it is repeated ad infinitum to the point of tediousness, if you are a parent and pursue your own interests, and do not make your children the center of your life and give your children some of your wealth, they will resent you enough that they might grow up into mentally ill adults.  This is repeated so much throughout the book, I started to wonder if the author was preaching at her own parents, perhaps justifying some of her own behavior....it got tiresome.  Wouldn't necessarily recommend it, but once this author has written a few more books, I may try another.