Em Brem

I really enjoyed this book. I love a murder mystery and for a Sunday on a rainy day it was perfect. Characterisation well thought out. Liked the flow and dialogue. Plot too. Only thing that drove me nuts was I’d be right into the story. Immersed. Then the author (a trick pulled too many times so became irritating) would say ‘an observer might note’ and would bring you crashing back to reality. No need for this type of musing. Just ruins it for reader who has suspended disbelief so doesn’t need a musing about how an observer might be wrong etc. minor but hope author gets rid of that.

Started well. Stuck at it as wanted to know what happened but some really clumsy narrative at times. Also the dialogue painfully wooden more often than can be forgiven. What journalist wouldn’t know the classified ads are near the back of a paper? Everyone jumping ship just when they are needed most? Hard to suspend disbelief when the main protagonists sound like idiots and ones you definitely wouldn’t want to be friends with. Half way through so hoping it gets better but atm would say I like it but I dislike it.