A review by mamamelreads
Cop Out by K.C. Burn

2.0

I felt like this book skimmed along the surface of the real story. It felt more like I was hearing diary entries randomly thrown out instead of being fully immersed into lives and personalities. The elements of a pretty good story were all there, but they didn't mesh together in any sort of way that moved me. This was one of those audio books where I'm sure that the narrator had a negative effect on my enjoyment of the story. Tristan James did an adequate job, but only adequate. Most of the time he sounded like he was a history professor called in at the last minute to do a dramatic reading for the theater department. Did he read all the words? Yeah. Did he emote any deeper feelings through his narration? Not a bit. It felt flat and unemotional. Distant. And then there was waaaaay too much angst in this book. Just judging from the plot alone I would say that this story deserved to have lots of angst. There were lots of reasons for people to be angsty. But instead of writing the trials and confusions of the main characters in a sympathetic and deeper way, KC Burn decided to turn this into a bit more of a whine-fest than it should have been. I think that this problem could have been solved if I had felt a deeper connection to the characters. If the writing had done more than skim the surface I think the angst would not have been so annoying. I do think that Simon gets the award for being the world's best police partner. He was probably my favorite character of the book. This book didn't move me in the way I know it was meant to. I think a good portion of the problem was probably related to hearing it through an audio book, but I'll still have to give it two stars. It was okay.