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A review by amyapple
Homecoming by Kate Morton
2.0
Was there a minimum word count that the author needed to achieve? Why did we need the middle 400 pages?
The book starts off flipping back and forth and I was intrigue when we find the dead people. Then it’s all pittered out to a long drawn narrative that doesn’t seem to move (except for Jess physically moving while she reads books she finds) and only giving the most minute bits of info that carries the story on.
The pacing is dead slow and then the last 100 pages remind you of what you were here for. And yes, I didn’t predict it… so yes it was interesting … BUT did I care anymore? Probably not.
Nora was manipulative at best but we don’t delved into her POV and instead we get a half baked account from Polly. Jess stays in her bubble and really is not much wiser by the end either.
Even if the book didn’t sell itself as a mystery crime fiction, and went for mother/daughter relationship - it would have still failed for me.
The slog was not worth it.
The book starts off flipping back and forth and I was intrigue when we find the dead people. Then it’s all pittered out to a long drawn narrative that doesn’t seem to move (except for Jess physically moving while she reads books she finds) and only giving the most minute bits of info that carries the story on.
The pacing is dead slow and then the last 100 pages remind you of what you were here for. And yes, I didn’t predict it… so yes it was interesting … BUT did I care anymore? Probably not.
Nora was manipulative at best but we don’t delved into her POV and instead we get a half baked account from Polly. Jess stays in her bubble and really is not much wiser by the end either.
Even if the book didn’t sell itself as a mystery crime fiction, and went for mother/daughter relationship - it would have still failed for me.
The slog was not worth it.