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A review by mrsbooknerd
Look Both Ways by Linwood Barclay
Did not finish book.
Just couldn't get into this one.
The story started off with a cliff-hanger - pun 100% intended - but it just fell into a repetitive cycle with predictable almost stereotypical characters.
It felt clunky. The dialogue made me cringe at one point because it was a 12 year old boy that sounded like someone's grandad.
We knew at least one bad guy from the off so there was little mystery surrounding the whole related plot.
Character wise we had the widow unable to move on. The secretive teenage daughter. Kid who lost his dad and at the same time his good boy nature... don't cut your finger on the cookie cutter.
Maybe it gets better. Maybe I went into it with a somewhat negative impression.
Either way. Not for me.
The story started off with a cliff-hanger - pun 100% intended - but it just fell into a repetitive cycle with predictable almost stereotypical characters.
It felt clunky. The dialogue made me cringe at one point because it was a 12 year old boy that sounded like someone's grandad.
We knew at least one bad guy from the off so there was little mystery surrounding the whole related plot.
Character wise we had the widow unable to move on. The secretive teenage daughter. Kid who lost his dad and at the same time his good boy nature... don't cut your finger on the cookie cutter.
Maybe it gets better. Maybe I went into it with a somewhat negative impression.
Either way. Not for me.