A review by theplantlady
Psych: A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read by William Rabkin
1.0
I am now on page 186, Chapter 16. This book is all over the place, the plot and storyline is so unrealistic. I was hoping to fall in love with this series, however the characters are over the top. You have Gus who has no spine and lets people walk all over him, so you have no regard for this character. Then you have Spencer who is so conceited, so self-centered you hate his character. I have never watched the show and maybe I should start there. I will not continue with the series. The author narrative is babbling on and on about situations that have no meaning to the plot, and I find myself have to go back and re-read to figure out the language. It is so obvious that the two characters are fake and phony in their psychic abilities which makes the storyline even weaker.
I assumed Spencer would be like a Monk, who could come on a crime scene and immediately solve it, however I don't see this in the book and feel very disappointed.
So I finally finished this book in hope it would turn around, however my feelings have not changed. I try my hardest not to abandon books because I want to give the author a chance, however this book left me confused, it tried to pull in through the climax of Spencer solving the murders, but his intense babbling is so annoying that you find it hard to focus on the storyline. I will probably not read book #2 because I really did not even find this book to be a true mystery crime solver. I could not get into the characters at all, not one character held my interest through out the whole book!
I assumed Spencer would be like a Monk, who could come on a crime scene and immediately solve it, however I don't see this in the book and feel very disappointed.
So I finally finished this book in hope it would turn around, however my feelings have not changed. I try my hardest not to abandon books because I want to give the author a chance, however this book left me confused, it tried to pull in through the climax of Spencer solving the murders, but his intense babbling is so annoying that you find it hard to focus on the storyline. I will probably not read book #2 because I really did not even find this book to be a true mystery crime solver. I could not get into the characters at all, not one character held my interest through out the whole book!