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Rush of Blood
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New Year's resolution: This is the last rubbish book i read in 2015.
The Plot (such as it is):
Three British couples meet in Florida whilst on holiday. The young, slightly retarded daughter of a fellow tourist is abducted & is later found murdered. One of the individuals in the 3 couples (or maybe two?), are the likely culprits.
I got half-way through this book & thought "Surely this will start to take-off soon". I read two thirds of it & committed a cardinal sin i never do normally; i jumped ahead to the last 10 pages, so exasperated was i by the storyline. I don't mind 'slow', as long as there is tension to go with it & the final destination is worth the journey. Neither of these things are present in this glacially paced tome.
I read a couple of reviews written by other readers of this book, when i was a couple of hundred pages in. Several said they didn't like the characters. Any of them. I agree, but normally this would not be a problem for me, if the story were an engaging one. This one wasn't.
'Rush of Blood' reads more like a 'gentle' English Mystery, rather than a Thriller & may appeal to readers of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series, et al.
I have another book by Mark Billingham & will likely get to it at some point, though not anytime soon. Somewhat disappointed, as this is my first book by this author. I was expecting better.
Perhaps i will like one of his other books. One bad reading experience won't put me off reading another by Billingham. Two such however...
The Plot (such as it is):
Three British couples meet in Florida whilst on holiday. The young, slightly retarded daughter of a fellow tourist is abducted & is later found murdered. One of the individuals in the 3 couples (or maybe two?), are the likely culprits.
I got half-way through this book & thought "Surely this will start to take-off soon". I read two thirds of it & committed a cardinal sin i never do normally; i jumped ahead to the last 10 pages, so exasperated was i by the storyline. I don't mind 'slow', as long as there is tension to go with it & the final destination is worth the journey. Neither of these things are present in this glacially paced tome.
I read a couple of reviews written by other readers of this book, when i was a couple of hundred pages in. Several said they didn't like the characters. Any of them. I agree, but normally this would not be a problem for me, if the story were an engaging one. This one wasn't.
'Rush of Blood' reads more like a 'gentle' English Mystery, rather than a Thriller & may appeal to readers of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series, et al.
I have another book by Mark Billingham & will likely get to it at some point, though not anytime soon. Somewhat disappointed, as this is my first book by this author. I was expecting better.
Perhaps i will like one of his other books. One bad reading experience won't put me off reading another by Billingham. Two such however...
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Reading Progress
December 18, 2014
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Started Reading
December 18, 2014
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crime-thrillers
December 18, 2014
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January 2, 2015
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"Glac... ial. Not badly written, just slow, so slow. More like a gentle English mystery than a thriller. My first book by Billingham. I have another by this author & will get round to it at some point."
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Jan 05, 2015 11:19AM
Don't let it put you off, the Tom Thorne series is supposed to be really good, well, so I've been told!!!
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Janet wrote: "Don't let it put you off, the Tom Thorne series is supposed to be really good, well, so I've been told!!!"Ha ha. Yes, i have heard the same, which is why i was so disappointed with this one. I have the Thorne series (eBooks), plus one paperback copy, so will get around to the first in the series at some point.
I can confirm that the Tom Thorne books are brilliant, and i agree that this one was a slow boiler. But worth the effort i thought
