Review: Did Not Finish- poor characters, poor writing
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2012
I have to admit- I didn't finish this. I gave up a quarter of the way through, in chapter 17.The book is written in the third person, and features an array of characters. In fact, it felt like there was a new character introduced in every chapter, if not more frequently.There was, however, absolutely no sense of voice. The narration from the millionaire businessman's POV was the same as that of the journalist, the housekeeper, the detective. There was no way to differentiate between them, and it led to a very boring read.The writing seemed deliberately, excessively opaque. It was annoying, rather than intriguing, and felt like a heavy-handed attempt at concealing the plot.I had struggled to keep going, because there does seem to be a good plot, but the lack of characterisation and the writing style meant I had to give up on it.