Down the River Unto the Sea

This book is hit and miss with me. The writing evokes the noir feel extremely well, with a modern twist. The tone is pitch perfect. My problem is the story, which seems a bit all over the place. It is immensely readable, though the main character seems to also be all over the place.

So a typical mystery type book introduces the characters, the problem, and the potential solutions early on, so the reader can try to figure it out. This book, however, seems to keep adding things and adding things until the very end. The main character is constantly introducing us to new people that he knows from ‘before’, even though we’ve never met them. The story was also promised to be a tale of parallel crimes, though I don’t think that ever came to full fruition.

To be honest, this is the type of book you should read, though I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it. Really, I think if you like it, you like it, and if you don’t, you don’t. It’s not bad at all, just about taste, which is why I would say: read it and see what you think, though I can’t wholeheartedly recommend. It wasn’t really my cup of tea, though I can see why people would enjoy it.