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A review by pgchuis
Good Girls Don't Die by Isabelle Grey
3.0
This was a little disappointing for me. Grace's back story was interesting, but it was also depressing and referred to over and over again. At times it seemed as if nothing had ever gone right for Grace and nothing ever would.
The police procedural aspects also felt rather demoralizing: there was a lot of hopeless going round in circles, which may well be realistic, but made for dull reading. The chapters from Ivo's perspective were a little jarring, although they definitely read as a distinctly different narrative. Ivo himself was a difficult character to pin down; he wasn't very coherently drawn. The novel as a whole felt slow and overlong.
My final issues were with the character of Grace herself. I didn't really warm to her, which is perhaps beside the point, but again she didn't make complete sense to me. She was supposed to be a recently demoted DI, but read as a surprisingly immature character. I barely believed in her as a DS. Her decisions about contact with Roxanne were unwise and unlikely for a senior officer and I don't believe for one moment that her conduct warranted re-promotion.
On the positive side, the pool of suspects was tight and the plot made sense, but I don't think I'll continue with this series.
The police procedural aspects also felt rather demoralizing: there was a lot of hopeless going round in circles, which may well be realistic, but made for dull reading. The chapters from Ivo's perspective were a little jarring, although they definitely read as a distinctly different narrative. Ivo himself was a difficult character to pin down; he wasn't very coherently drawn. The novel as a whole felt slow and overlong.
My final issues were with the character of Grace herself. I didn't really warm to her, which is perhaps beside the point, but again she didn't make complete sense to me. She was supposed to be a recently demoted DI, but read as a surprisingly immature character. I barely believed in her as a DS. Her decisions about contact with Roxanne were unwise and unlikely for a senior officer and I don't believe for one moment that her conduct warranted re-promotion.
On the positive side, the pool of suspects was tight and the plot made sense, but I don't think I'll continue with this series.