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Don't Cry by Beverly Barton
2.0
This was an average book. I neither like it very much, nor disliked it in some way. I just read it (though it was a bit too long) and I will forget it in a few weeks.
The best part of it was probably the suspense. The idea of the serial killer andit's connection to the past case was interesting enough to keep me reading, while I found the characters boring. However, the case of Rocking Chair Murderer is solved too easy and quickly for my taste.
What I didn't like is calling J.D. a bad and uncaring father just because he finds it difficult to adjust to the idea of having a teenage daughter. I believe he does his best to change the things, even decides to go on a therapy. Okay, he admits he probably don't like his daughter but neither she does. Zoe even doesn't call him Dad and she wishes somebody else was her father. It's not like she is making it easy for J.D. to became a good father.
The characters were taking some stupid actions from time to time. They weren't very significant for a plot but still, I expected them to act more thoughtful. Instead, I couldn't stop rolling my eyes. Sometimes the characters seemed so childish, especially Audrey with her silly anger toward J.D.
I am not sure if this book can be classified as a romantic suspense, I would rather call it a mystery with a tiny bit of romantic affair. Really, it can not be consider a romance as long as the MC are not sure if they like each other for the most part of the book and it's up to 75% since they make the first step and exchange the first kiss. By the way, I'm still not sure if they suit each other, I couldn't find any feelings between them except thinking about each other quite often. And their sex seemed somehow passionless.
For some reason I struggle with this book a lot. I'm not even sure why. The disadvantages that I pointed above weren't enough to give up reading it, so I keep on for over a week 'till the end.
The best part of it was probably the suspense. The idea of the serial killer and
What I didn't like is calling J.D. a bad and uncaring father just because he finds it difficult to adjust to the idea of having a teenage daughter. I believe he does his best to change the things, even decides to go on a therapy. Okay, he admits he probably don't like his daughter but neither she does. Zoe even doesn't call him Dad and she wishes somebody else was her father. It's not like she is making it easy for J.D. to became a good father.
The characters were taking some stupid actions from time to time. They weren't very significant for a plot but still, I expected them to act more thoughtful. Instead, I couldn't stop rolling my eyes. Sometimes the characters seemed so childish, especially Audrey with her silly anger toward J.D.
I am not sure if this book can be classified as a romantic suspense, I would rather call it a mystery with a tiny bit of romantic affair. Really, it can not be consider a romance as long as the MC are not sure if they like each other for the most part of the book and it's up to 75% since they make the first step and exchange the first kiss. By the way, I'm still not sure if they suit each other, I couldn't find any feelings between them except thinking about each other quite often. And their sex seemed somehow passionless.
For some reason I struggle with this book a lot. I'm not even sure why. The disadvantages that I pointed above weren't enough to give up reading it, so I keep on for over a week 'till the end.