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Fatal by John Lescroart. Book Review
Fatal by John Lescroart
This is my first John Lescroart novel and I have mixed feelings about it. The 300 page book was effectively organized into three parts covering about a seven month span. The structure and short chapters helped keep the plot fast-paced.
With respect to the plot, however, I found it jumbled and the various events poorly integrated. The specific reason there was a terrorist incident, for example, was not clearly articulated.
The characters, mainly married couples, were sketched but undeveloped with almost nil back story and, hence, I found it difficult to connect with them. Anorexia surfaces as an issue with one character and I felt an understanding of the disease and the difficulty in treatment lacking.
The suspense with regards to murder and deceit was well captured in the author's writing and Lescroart certainly kept us guessing as to the culprit(s).
Set in San Francisco, Lescroart also crafted a vivid sense of place. The crime(s) were solved in the last chapters but I felt the solution rushed and tidied up quickly to simply end the book. I also found the concluding scene depicting a budding relationship between two of the characters maudlin.
Though disappointed, I did enjoy the thread of the story and would read another one of Lescroart's novels.
Marianne Perry
www.marianneperry.ca
Writing inspired by genealogical research to solve family mysteries.
This is my first John Lescroart novel and I have mixed feelings about it. The 300 page book was effectively organized into three parts covering about a seven month span. The structure and short chapters helped keep the plot fast-paced.
With respect to the plot, however, I found it jumbled and the various events poorly integrated. The specific reason there was a terrorist incident, for example, was not clearly articulated.
The characters, mainly married couples, were sketched but undeveloped with almost nil back story and, hence, I found it difficult to connect with them. Anorexia surfaces as an issue with one character and I felt an understanding of the disease and the difficulty in treatment lacking.
The suspense with regards to murder and deceit was well captured in the author's writing and Lescroart certainly kept us guessing as to the culprit(s).
Set in San Francisco, Lescroart also crafted a vivid sense of place. The crime(s) were solved in the last chapters but I felt the solution rushed and tidied up quickly to simply end the book. I also found the concluding scene depicting a budding relationship between two of the characters maudlin.
Though disappointed, I did enjoy the thread of the story and would read another one of Lescroart's novels.
Marianne Perry
www.marianneperry.ca
Writing inspired by genealogical research to solve family mysteries.
