Review: It's Okay BUT slow and unblievable in too many parts
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 19, 2013
While this book was not a badly written novel it's just fell short in too many areas for me.The Good:It did not have a lot of misspellings or misuse of words.Since I have been to Queensland Australia, I could easily visualize the town portrayed in the novel since I pass through towns that literally fit the description of Small Town - including the police station.  But, if I had not visited Australia and traveled around, I might have had a problem really believing some parts of the novel.The author was able to inject humor in parts of the novel.  I absolutely loved the part about Mr. Sparkles.The author was very descriptive of the characters and events.The mystery was handled pretty good.I did finish the novel.The Bad:The novel was a very slow read.  While the author did a good job with the development of the town, the characters and the actions - at times, it was so much information about small town living that it bogged down.  So much so that I had to force myself to keep reading.The novel protagonist, Tess Fuller, must have been a descendent of Superwoman as she got beat up or injured so many times but yet could keep on going.What is really strange is that even though the author fully developed the characters, I was never drawn to really care about Tess.  I don't know if it because she was portrayed too much as a "Superwoman", she took too much s*** from others, or maybe because she was the only character that seem to have any sense or logic (I guess part of the Superwoman complex.)Bottom Line - while the novel was not a page turner and did not hold my interest, it is not a bad novel and if you enjoy reading about small town living with a Super Heroine - then you might enjoy the novel more than I did.