A review by stofkochic
A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill
2.0
I went into this thinking this was similar to a locked room mystery, except it's happening on a cruise, so they're all stuck on this boat while people are dying. Then, once I started reading and getting to know the characters, it felt like it could be similar to a Jeeves/Bertie Wooster type of book.
I was wrong on both counts.
Yes, the book takes place on a boat and people are dying. However, not even halfway through the book, the characters debark the boat, leaving random things to happen on land.
I was already struggling to get into the book, but when there was the second death on board, I finally had an interest. Then a chapter or so later, they leave the boat to do a bunch of boring things, and I completely lost interest again.
The book was just so boring. I kept waiting for it to pick up, to get exciting, and want to keep reading. It felt like the excitement was just out of reach. I was so close to reaching that balloon of interest, but it kept floating away from me.
Finally, as I mentioned above, it felt like this book was trying to be as funny and entertaining as P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster series. Rowland Sincalir and his cronies don't come anywhere close to the entertainment and hilarity that is Bertie Wooster and friends.
I was wrong on both counts.
Yes, the book takes place on a boat and people are dying. However, not even halfway through the book, the characters debark the boat, leaving random things to happen on land.
I was already struggling to get into the book, but when there was the second death on board, I finally had an interest. Then a chapter or so later, they leave the boat to do a bunch of boring things, and I completely lost interest again.
The book was just so boring. I kept waiting for it to pick up, to get exciting, and want to keep reading. It felt like the excitement was just out of reach. I was so close to reaching that balloon of interest, but it kept floating away from me.
Finally, as I mentioned above, it felt like this book was trying to be as funny and entertaining as P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster series. Rowland Sincalir and his cronies don't come anywhere close to the entertainment and hilarity that is Bertie Wooster and friends.