Completed: 6/4/2022
Recommendation: Not recommended
Recommended By: This book showed up in a list of recommendations from Kobo
Review:
Trapeze artists do not "swing." They "fly." This is a fundamental thing in a circus. It immediately drew me out of the work and it took me a while to get back into the story. I happen to work in DC, so the comments about the First District police office in DC being something special threw me for a loop. I was pretty sure I'd been by the small brick office and, sure enough, it is a tiny, two story building in Eastern Market. Another time Sayers just failed to do some research--it was, once again, jarring.
I really, really wanted to like this book, but it was largely predictable. There was a great reveal at the end that I did not see coming, but the plot points were extremely predictable for the most part as the initial set-up completed. I did not enjoy this book which is a disappointment to me. The characters were largely flat and the appearance of Hemingway and Picasso had an amateurish feel ("wouldn't it be cool if..."). I did not enjoy it.
No comments:
Post a Comment