My latest review for Bethany House Books is Threads of Suspicion by Dee Henderson
There was a lot of potential to this book being really great. It starts with a team of P.I.'s looking into cold cases, it then follows one pair as they solve the mystery of who killed a local college girl. The problem is the book gets so bogged down in the details of the murder and the questioning of the witnesses that it becomes tediously long. Chapters run from 15 to 20 minutes a piece and you have to plow through 25 chapters so it's a very time consuming read with not a lot of action. It would have been a great read if it had been pared down to about half the size. Also, the addition of her partner's case only comes in bits and spurts and only adds to the tedium. The dialogue between Evie and her partner David on his religious beliefs sounded strained, too. I can't imagine any guy talking so earnestly, it just didn't sound very realistic.
Sorry, but I can only give this book about 2 and a half stars.
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Monday, May 22, 2017
May 2017 Wrap-Up
I read several books in May and here are my capsulized reviews:
First up, The Executor by Jesse Kellerman. Well, out of 5 stars I would give this 2 and a half. At times it would get too pretentious. The lead character, Joseph Geist, is a struggling philosophy student at Harvard (the pretentious part) who reads an ad for someone seeking good conversation and he meets Alma, an elderly lady who was also a student of philosophy. They talk, Alma comes down with mysterious aches and pains, and a ne'er-do-well nephew shows up. My favorite part was watching Mr.Geist unravel and how at times he felt he was justified and at other times just felt guilty in his actions. Not bad, and I never skipped a chapter in impatience.
Next up, The Mother's Promise by Sally Hepworth. This book gets my rare 5 star review. Ms. Hepworth does an incredibly accurate portrayal of the burdens of social anxiety in teen Zoe. Zoe's mom is dying of cancer and Zoe must learn to reach out....it's just exceptional. Why is this not a #1 Best Seller on every book list available?? Writing, plot, characters, all are top of the line. Really, I can't rave enough.
Just wrapped up The Client by John Grisham. Gets my 4 out of 5 star review. I loved the point of view of the crime being burdened upon the 11 year old boy and the mature way he has to handle it. It's not new Grisham, it's from 1993, but it was new to me and I loved it. My favorite Grisham novel out of all I've read so far. Confession: I skipped just a few of the pages when it dealt with the mobsters. Never been a mafia fan. The rest? Riveting.
First up, The Executor by Jesse Kellerman. Well, out of 5 stars I would give this 2 and a half. At times it would get too pretentious. The lead character, Joseph Geist, is a struggling philosophy student at Harvard (the pretentious part) who reads an ad for someone seeking good conversation and he meets Alma, an elderly lady who was also a student of philosophy. They talk, Alma comes down with mysterious aches and pains, and a ne'er-do-well nephew shows up. My favorite part was watching Mr.Geist unravel and how at times he felt he was justified and at other times just felt guilty in his actions. Not bad, and I never skipped a chapter in impatience.
Next up, The Mother's Promise by Sally Hepworth. This book gets my rare 5 star review. Ms. Hepworth does an incredibly accurate portrayal of the burdens of social anxiety in teen Zoe. Zoe's mom is dying of cancer and Zoe must learn to reach out....it's just exceptional. Why is this not a #1 Best Seller on every book list available?? Writing, plot, characters, all are top of the line. Really, I can't rave enough.
Just wrapped up The Client by John Grisham. Gets my 4 out of 5 star review. I loved the point of view of the crime being burdened upon the 11 year old boy and the mature way he has to handle it. It's not new Grisham, it's from 1993, but it was new to me and I loved it. My favorite Grisham novel out of all I've read so far. Confession: I skipped just a few of the pages when it dealt with the mobsters. Never been a mafia fan. The rest? Riveting.
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