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A review by paulabrandon
Denial by Peter James
2.0
Thomas Lamark is devastated by the suicide of his mother. And extremely, extremely angry. He blames her death on her psychiatrist, Dr. Michael Tennent, and sets out to get his revenge.
This got off to an exciting, interesting start as Thomas kidnaps and tortures those he feels had wronged his mother during her lifetime. It was gruesome and captivating. And then proceedings just kind of die in the ass! Thomas kills an actress rival of his mother's, and kidnaps and holds hostage Amanda Capstick, a woman that Michael has recently fallen in love with. The rest of the book is just Michael trying to find out where Amanda is, and a detective trying to prove that this rival actress didn't commit suicide in the way it was staged to look.
It just got really boring. I, the reader, already know where Amanda is. I, the reader, know that Thomas killed the actress and didn't commit suicide. It was really, really dull following around two characters trying to find out information I already knew. That device has never worked for me. The chapters with the detective, Glen Branson, were particularly interminable. The pacing just completely ground to a halt whenever he showed up.
It does have its moments here and there. But at over 400 pages in a tiny font, this was sometimes quite the slog to get through. I skim read various chapters and still didn't miss anything!
This got off to an exciting, interesting start as Thomas kidnaps and tortures those he feels had wronged his mother during her lifetime. It was gruesome and captivating. And then proceedings just kind of die in the ass! Thomas kills an actress rival of his mother's, and kidnaps and holds hostage Amanda Capstick, a woman that Michael has recently fallen in love with. The rest of the book is just Michael trying to find out where Amanda is, and a detective trying to prove that this rival actress didn't commit suicide in the way it was staged to look.
It just got really boring. I, the reader, already know where Amanda is. I, the reader, know that Thomas killed the actress and didn't commit suicide. It was really, really dull following around two characters trying to find out information I already knew. That device has never worked for me. The chapters with the detective, Glen Branson, were particularly interminable. The pacing just completely ground to a halt whenever he showed up.
It does have its moments here and there. But at over 400 pages in a tiny font, this was sometimes quite the slog to get through. I skim read various chapters and still didn't miss anything!