A review by wanderaven
The Craftsman by Sharon Bolton
3.0
My disappointment is vague - - Bolton, one of my favourite authors, including the Pendle witches in a contemporary mystery abut a series of teen murders? Sounds perfect for me - and yet it wasn't. There was just something about this one that ended up being quite flat. I never really liked the protagonist - which is just fine if I'm not intended to like the protagonist, but that wasn't the intention (to the best of my perception). Because of this, I didn't much care about the relationships she develops or how they may or may not affect the outcome.
Hmmm. I'll tell you right now, this certainly isn't going to stop me from grabbing the next in the trilogy - as apparently this is the start of - as soon as I can, because this one has barely dimmed my love for Bolton and I still trust her to probably turn it around for me. This one just didn't work for me - - though it was propulsive and I finished it and was glad I did, it felt a bit more like someone else trying to live up to some of the more recent Bolton standards but falling a bit short, for numerous reasons.
Hmmm. I'll tell you right now, this certainly isn't going to stop me from grabbing the next in the trilogy - as apparently this is the start of - as soon as I can, because this one has barely dimmed my love for Bolton and I still trust her to probably turn it around for me. This one just didn't work for me - - though it was propulsive and I finished it and was glad I did, it felt a bit more like someone else trying to live up to some of the more recent Bolton standards but falling a bit short, for numerous reasons.