Review: Patchy!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
Having lived in Melbourne myself for 25 years, I was looking forward to this novel. Unfortunately, the quality of the book was patchy, to say the least. I found Dervla, the central character, to be shallow and rather one dimensional. The plot was sloppy, and at times very unbelievable. The person, who was eventually exposed as the murderer, simply did not ring true, and the motives that were ascribed to her were so ridiculous and unbelievable. The only reason why I am giving this two stars is that the writer did manage to communicate an accurate picture of Melbourne. This book needed a good editor to tackle such crude problems.