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A review by library_ann
Simple Genius by David Baldacci
2.0
picked this up at a charity book sale, thinking ahead to the trip I just finished. I like having a paperback that I won't mourn if I happen to leave it in the plane. This book, the psychology was weak (and there was a lot of it), the the codes and secrets were weak (hardly present, actually), and the title character never got a chance to really show any propensity for genius. I mean, I suppose I would have been upset if she had just performed like a trained dog or something, but for everyone calling her a genius, there was very little evidence of it.
I did not like repeated uses of: "and then Sean remembered something, and said, 'let's go!.'" End chapter. I was most annoyed that "something" was never explained right away, but was delayed until after some bit of frantic action, when the characters had time to stop and converse about why they just had their frantic bit of action.
And in the first half of the book, anytime a person started to open up to Sean, just about the time they were about to say something good, they'd decide they couldn't trust him anymore and shut up. I suppose people might act like that in real life, and it probably is difficult being a private investigator, but it was completely unsatisfying.
I did not like repeated uses of: "and then Sean remembered something, and said, 'let's go!.'" End chapter. I was most annoyed that "something" was never explained right away, but was delayed until after some bit of frantic action, when the characters had time to stop and converse about why they just had their frantic bit of action.
And in the first half of the book, anytime a person started to open up to Sean, just about the time they were about to say something good, they'd decide they couldn't trust him anymore and shut up. I suppose people might act like that in real life, and it probably is difficult being a private investigator, but it was completely unsatisfying.