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3.0
I am a bit reluctant to give this a three - some of my threes were definitely more enjoyable.
This was a quick light read full of unrealistic coincidences. I felt like Fox wanted to tell a few different stories, and tried to tie them together too neatly. In some places it worked, in others it did not. There were points that were quite funny, but others that just were not easy to accept.
I did not feel that the main character was fully developed. The story revolved around Cass, yet she is the one I felt I knew the least. From being surprised and upset about her husband leaving to falling in love with a stranger on the train, she did not leave you enough time to catch your breath. From being despondent about a job and money, to rushing off to Brighton, Cass seemed to be a whirlwind.
I also would have expected professionals, both police and criminal, to be far less willing to jump to conclusions than they did in this book.
I do not think that a bit more realism would have detracted from this book, nor its potential to be funny.
This was a quick light read full of unrealistic coincidences. I felt like Fox wanted to tell a few different stories, and tried to tie them together too neatly. In some places it worked, in others it did not. There were points that were quite funny, but others that just were not easy to accept.
I did not feel that the main character was fully developed. The story revolved around Cass, yet she is the one I felt I knew the least. From being surprised and upset about her husband leaving to falling in love with a stranger on the train, she did not leave you enough time to catch your breath. From being despondent about a job and money, to rushing off to Brighton, Cass seemed to be a whirlwind.
I also would have expected professionals, both police and criminal, to be far less willing to jump to conclusions than they did in this book.
I do not think that a bit more realism would have detracted from this book, nor its potential to be funny.
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