The
Sleeping Doll
by Jeffery
Deaver
27th
September to 4th October, 2012
1/5 stars.
Very few
things to write about this book.
1. I did
not finish it. I could not finish it. I mean I finished it, but if you call it
finishing, after skipping around 300 pages. The plot was going nowhere, the
culprit was going nowhere, even the police seemed to be stationary.
2. The main
protagonist of Katheryn Dance, is best suited as a cameo character, like her
role in another Deaver Novel.
I am not a
chauvinist, but this lady doesn’t have what it takes to become a main
character. (I have nothing against women. Marple and Millhone, JAI HO!!! )
3. The
culprit and the sidekick was comical. Yes, they did have a violent streak but
they were comical, no doubt about it.
4. Useless
words, meaningless dialogues. The book was filled with these. Dialogues which
could have been easily avoided, and would have sped up the book.
5. Like
every Deaver book, the subject taught here was Kinesics. The subject was interesting;
I would definitely wear shades, the next time I lie. But, it was not helping
the plot. So, sadly it became boring.
6. The book
could have been completed in 250 odd pages, had these extra arms chopped off.
But, it was stuffed and made to bloat to 500 odd pages.
7. Deaver
should stick to writing for the ones who cares for the mystery genre, as
opposed to sticking to the maxim of “BOOKS SHOULD BRING MONEY”, like fellow
writer James Patterson, and throw away any substance from the book.
8. I have
had enough of Deaver, can’t believe he was the one who wrote A MAIDEN’S GRAVE.
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