Review: It Dragged
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2011
****SPOILER ALERT***No Good Deed was highly reviewed on Amazon, so I decided to give it a try for $.99.  Unfortunately, I forced myself to finish it long after I'd lost interest in a promising storyline.  Here's what bugged me:1.  The character development was weak, especially our "hero".  I felt more connected to the love interest than to the good guy/victim.  And if that wasn't bad enough, I knew something was askew when I even found myself liking the "bad guy" more than Mark, who was wishy-washy at best.2.  Too many concepts not well executed - post 9/11 conspiracy, political torture, romance, Police/CIA procedural AND a magic camera?  That's a mighty tall order and the author didn't meet the bar, IMO3.  The imprisonment/torture went on and on consuming a huge chunk of the book.  Because I hadn't fully engaged with our hero in the beginning chapters, I wasn't entirely rooting for him as I should have been.  I was a bit apathetic and I finally got tired of the author's ideological harangue.4.  The ending both dragged and was abrupt.  Seems strange, I know, but you'll have to see for yourself.5. The formatting & typos were par for the course for most free and low-cost e-books so I tried to pay them no mind.I won't be seeking out more Mark Taylor and I can't recommend this book.