Chrashed

Crashed by Timothy Hallinan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


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I quite enjoyed this book as it was fast paced and the plot was interesting. It is, however, not for everyone. Before writing this review I checked the 1's to see what people didn't like about it. So you should take a pass on this book if you don't quite understand the word 'fiction' and demand verisimilitude in what you read. The protagonist is a professional burglar who is drafted to play detective and act as a quasi babysitter for drug-addled washed-up actress. Not high on the realism scale so if this bothers you move on. The second criticism by some is the book fails to develop the characters much. Admittedly the drug addict becomes reformed over a couple of pages which is impressive to say the least but for the most part the characters exit much as they entered. Since I'm in the 40% of readers who value plot over character development I wasn't bothered in the least by this; however, if you're a devotee of character-building you probably won't like this one. In general, if you like a first-person crime novel that moves right along and you don't mind flat characters then you'll like this book.



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