Kevin Guilfoile

I really wanted to like this book. It was recommended in some forum somewhere where supposedly smart people were discussing another book I really liked and someone suggested this was a good one in the same vein. It wasn't. Poor character development. Some of them don't ever have backstory. Some characters are introduced only to further a single plot point and then disregarded. Entire sub-plots are introduced and go nowhere. Too much emphasis on a twist ending that could be seen miles away. (Although admittedly the author sprinkled in so many clues that this, perhaps, was his intent.) It disappointed me, and I'm glad I'm done and can move on. That said, I'll give it as many stars as I have because the writing (the prose) itself wasn't bad. I've certainly read worse writing before and I suspect Guilfoile could turn out a good book if he abandoned cliches and gimmicks and focused more on his characters.… (mehr)