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A review by krisrid
Moon Music by Faye Kellerman
1.0
I tried, I really tried to like this. I just didn't.
I gave this to nearly the 200 pages mark which is a third of the way in. Considering that this is set in Las Vegas, you would expect it to be fairly exciting, wouldn't you, simply because of the setting if nothing else? It wasn't. I couldn't believe how slow-moving and plodding it felt. Maybe I just am not the right reader for the Kellerman approach. I know that normally the really gritty crime stories aren't my favourite, but I like a good murder story. This just really dragged for me.
There were some interesting components that seemed like they might be going somewhere, but everything was just way to slow for me. I couldn't stay interested in all the detail, which seemed excessive and unimportant, at least to me.
I also had a hard time connecting to any of the characters. Again, I don't mind broken, conflicted characters - and pretty much everyone in this book has issues of various sorts - but they didn't come across as sympathetic, just dark and fairly self-absorbed, and they all make some questionable, seemingly destructive choices that feel destined to end badly.
As I said, I didn't finish this, so very possibly things get more exciting, and the pace picks up, but I just couldn't stick with this one. It didn't hold my attention, I couldn't connect to the characters, and it just didn't feel like something I was willing to invest enough time to get through another 400 pages to see if it gets better.
I gave this to nearly the 200 pages mark which is a third of the way in. Considering that this is set in Las Vegas, you would expect it to be fairly exciting, wouldn't you, simply because of the setting if nothing else? It wasn't. I couldn't believe how slow-moving and plodding it felt. Maybe I just am not the right reader for the Kellerman approach. I know that normally the really gritty crime stories aren't my favourite, but I like a good murder story. This just really dragged for me.
There were some interesting components that seemed like they might be going somewhere, but everything was just way to slow for me. I couldn't stay interested in all the detail, which seemed excessive and unimportant, at least to me.
I also had a hard time connecting to any of the characters. Again, I don't mind broken, conflicted characters - and pretty much everyone in this book has issues of various sorts - but they didn't come across as sympathetic, just dark and fairly self-absorbed, and they all make some questionable, seemingly destructive choices that feel destined to end badly.
As I said, I didn't finish this, so very possibly things get more exciting, and the pace picks up, but I just couldn't stick with this one. It didn't hold my attention, I couldn't connect to the characters, and it just didn't feel like something I was willing to invest enough time to get through another 400 pages to see if it gets better.