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A review by electricoutcast
Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb
2.0
So on one other book in this series, I left a one star review and a detailed reason of why I didn't like it, and in the case of this installment I'm gonna have to leave at least a two star review. But I want to make one thing clear, just because I left negative reviews on two books, it DOES NOT mean that I don't like the series. Quite the opposite, I'm into this series because it has similarities to Ghost in the Shell and Blade Runner and I consider the Eve Dallas/Roarke series to be part of the Cyberpunk genre.
Now that I got that out of the way, I need to air my grievances with this book, the flashback prologue spoiled way too much on how the story was going to turn out, and the flashback scenes were very unnecessary and they slowed the story down. The scenes that featured the antagonist and his victims took about half of the book, so much so, that it hindered my ability to even enjoy the scenes that focused on Eve and Roarke doing their thing along with the rest of the protagonists.
Now some of you guys are going to say that Nora was trying to do something different with this installment, but the fact is that there was a complete 180 degree turn with this installment and as a result I just could not enjoy the story. So much so that it's lead to me to form this opinion that it's quite possibly the worst series installment since Conspiracy in Death. I am dead fucking serious.
Now that I got that out of the way, I need to air my grievances with this book, the flashback prologue spoiled way too much on how the story was going to turn out, and the flashback scenes were very unnecessary and they slowed the story down. The scenes that featured the antagonist and his victims took about half of the book, so much so, that it hindered my ability to even enjoy the scenes that focused on Eve and Roarke doing their thing along with the rest of the protagonists.
Now some of you guys are going to say that Nora was trying to do something different with this installment, but the fact is that there was a complete 180 degree turn with this installment and as a result I just could not enjoy the story. So much so that it's lead to me to form this opinion that it's quite possibly the worst series installment since Conspiracy in Death. I am dead fucking serious.