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Don't waste your time.
So I got to about chapter 6 in this book before I had to cut my losses. It started off promising, where we meet the villian, Dime, and his first victim. But then... This story is narrarated from the main character's perspective. If I thought like she did, I'd probably go insane in five minutes. We meet her boss. We get his age, body type, hair color. He dispatches the detective and her partner to go to a crime scene. We meet the forensics crew of 2. We get Forensics Person 1's name, age, personality, marital status, hair color and style. Then we move on to Forensics Person 2: hair color and style, eye color, body type, age. Next they walk up to the ME and his assistant. ME is described. Height, build, hair color and style, age. THen we move on to the Assistant ME. Marital status, age, hair color/style, and a twist...he wears GLASSES. Then they go on for about a page about the body, then another detective joins them, with the two people who found the body. The detective is described...you got it, hair color and style, marital status, and he has 2 kids. The witnesses are introduced...and of course they are described. Person 1: Body type, hair color and style, clothing. 2nd witness: skin color, he has a large nose, this is the first we even hear about eye color too, and hair color and style... I'm starting to think this book was written by a hairdresser at this point. The trouble is, it's not just every character. Every single location is described in the same formulaic ridiculousness. I figured, maybe after we meet all the characters and get into the meat of the story, this will stop. But nooooooo. It just keeps going. I have a feeling there's about 40 pages of story, and about 200 pages of describing what people and places look like. Things that could have been worked into the dialogue or narrative, just handed to you in list fashion. Don't waste your time on this, it reads like something I would find in a creative writing class in high school.
March 2017 · Kindle Store · verified purchase
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Maniacal: A Chilling Serial Killer Thriller (A Detective Jade Monroe Crime Thriller Book 1)
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