Review: Boring - only facts, no emotion
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 24, 2014
I can't remember the last time I've read such an emotionless book. It felt like reading a report rather than a story.Here's what I liked: The plot itself was not the standard whodunnit mystery. I enjoyed the twists and turns.What I didn't like: Hardly any emotions were conveyed which left the characters non-descript and two-dimensional. Often repetitive, for example something happens and then one character relays the whole course of events to another person, describing almost exactly what the reader already knows.POSSIBLE SPOILER AHEAD:-------Ashleigh for example states at the start of the book that Taylor and her had had a night together but she didn't feel like getting serious with him. She described him as chubby and never let on that she felt anything for him except friendship and appreciation of his investigative skills.Once he drops a few pounds, she suddenly relents, lets him seduce her again and then discovers her feelings for him. I can't relate to that.Even when she hears from Taylor over the phone that the guy she is just with is most probably a criminal, no emotions are mentioned. She just keeps going, no fear, heart beating loudly or insecurity at all. And then she tops it all by drinking two (!) glasses of alcohol he had mixed for her without her having an eye on it. Now that's pretty silly - even if she wasn't a hot-shot lawyer.So 2 stars for the idea of the plot but none for the execution. I won't read another book of this author.