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A review by bookish20
Eleven by Carolyn Arnold
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
My 6P review
This was basically a written episode of Criminal Minds and CSI. This is an in-depth FBI serial killer procedural novel. The author had obviously done her research.
The premise of the story was brilliant. Who doesn’t want to find a chamber full of dead bodies with a room for moe? The execution was lacking though.
The characters were awful. Brandon was wanting his marriage to work, and yet he’s off bonking Paige. His wife leaves him after turning off her phone but then wants him to come home for dinner. This added nothing to the story. The other characters were very two dimensional and very stereo typical. Jack’s constant need for a cigarette, or holding an unlit one in his mouth or patting his pockets trying to locate one, was very frustrating. Who care. Get on with the plot.
Set in Kentucky, I only had a small sense of being there. I would have liked more information on the setting.
The basis for the killings was centred around the coinherence symbol, which was never really explained, so I had to google it.
Not really sure how to rate this one. It plodded through the story and the ending just happened. 2.5⭐️
This was basically a written episode of Criminal Minds and CSI. This is an in-depth FBI serial killer procedural novel. The author had obviously done her research.
The premise of the story was brilliant. Who doesn’t want to find a chamber full of dead bodies with a room for moe? The execution was lacking though.
The characters were awful. Brandon was wanting his marriage to work, and yet he’s off bonking Paige. His wife leaves him after turning off her phone but then wants him to come home for dinner. This added nothing to the story. The other characters were very two dimensional and very stereo typical. Jack’s constant need for a cigarette, or holding an unlit one in his mouth or patting his pockets trying to locate one, was very frustrating. Who care. Get on with the plot.
Set in Kentucky, I only had a small sense of being there. I would have liked more information on the setting.
The basis for the killings was centred around the coinherence symbol, which was never really explained, so I had to google it.
Not really sure how to rate this one. It plodded through the story and the ending just happened. 2.5⭐️