2018-03-14
A miserable detective investigates a miserable murder on a miserable island, forcing him to face his miserable childhood while surrounded by miserable people and miserable weather.
Much of the story itself was okay, but trying to pin it all on a romance between 6-year olds stretched things a bit thin.
It didn’t help that the male lead was and still is a jerk, making him difficult to symathize with.
And though the story was generally predictable, the final twist when it eventually came wasn’t so much a surprise, as much as a relief because it meant the book was almost over.
Just too gloomy for my liking, though it hasn’t killed my interest in getting to the Outer Hebrides.
Rating: 2/5