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writerlibrarian's review
2.0
Second novel from this artist turned writer. I might have waited before reading this one. Some of the same "technique" of red herrings and flashbacks are used to good effects but he tried to cram too much into the plot in my opinion : the gay cop, the lone wolf FBI agent, the ambivalent police chief, the pregnant girl. Sometimes less is more. But I still like the whole art scene background and the flashes of, yes, that's brilliant, I get from reading his novels. I just have to remember not to read them back to back.
ecooper99's review
1.0
I really wanted to like this. I read The Death Artist back in 2008, and I loved it. I rated it 5 stars, and I remember staying up late into the night to finish it. Perhaps my tastes have changed since then, but I just couldn't get into the sequel. I found Kate self-absorbed and unlikeable, and the writing irritating. I was well aware that it was a man writing a woman's POV, because so many of Kate's thoughts didn't sound right. She talked about going out with her "women friends", for example, which made me grit my teeth. It sounds exactly like something a man would say. Anyway, there were a bunch of instances like those, and eventually I just had to admit I didn't care enough about what happened to keep reading.
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