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A review by zog_the_frog
Fault Lines by Doug Johnstone
2.0
I like Doug Johnstone's work. I've read a lot of them. Some are memorable and some not so. This one was instantly forgettable.
I don't usually write spoilers in a review, but in this one I feel I have to, to help explain my low rating. In the first few pages I decided that there would be a "Boy's Own Paper" ending with the hero being chased across the new "Inch" island by a murderer while the volcano erupted in the background. There, that's the spoiler, because that's almost exactly what happened in the last 20% of the book. The previous 10% consisted of the denouement, with everything being explained apart from why the murderer had kidnapped the hero. Also, nobody will ever explain how she (the hero) could cut through the ropes binding her to the bed with a butter knife!
Not your best work Mr Johnstone. I liked the idea of the new island in the Forth Estuary, but other than that, it did nothing for me.
I don't usually write spoilers in a review, but in this one I feel I have to, to help explain my low rating. In the first few pages I decided that there would be a "Boy's Own Paper" ending with the hero being chased across the new "Inch" island by a murderer while the volcano erupted in the background. There, that's the spoiler, because that's almost exactly what happened in the last 20% of the book. The previous 10% consisted of the denouement, with everything being explained apart from why the murderer had kidnapped the hero. Also, nobody will ever explain how she (the hero) could cut through the ropes binding her to the bed with a butter knife!
Not your best work Mr Johnstone. I liked the idea of the new island in the Forth Estuary, but other than that, it did nothing for me.