Review: Fast but Shallow
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 22, 2014
This is a well-written, well-edited, fast-moving, mystery thriller.  If that's all you're looking for, it will not disappoint.  There are, however, some negatives.  The underlying plot is a little too far- fetched and inadequately developed, probably because this is Book 2 of a series.  Character development is marginal, probably for the same reason.  These negatives seem to be increasingly common to most series, and sufficiently disappointing that I'm beginning to avoid them unless I'm confident that I will read the full series, which is unlikely in this case.  (The idea someone had to increase sales in today's difficult publishing environment may eventually become a detriment.) The main objective of the book seemed to be to pack as many twists as possible into the fewest number of pages.  I expected more.