Charles Finch

this is alright. parts of it feel forced, parts of it feel like he's trying too hard to bring a modern sensibility to the time, parts of it feel fun. it's a little all over the place for me and i didn't like all of it but the mystery was alright. the writing was not my favorite part of it, for sure, though.

i do like that even though this is the first in the series, that this isn't his first case. they refer to other cases he's investigated, other suspects, other people he's used as help along the way. i like that it's as if we're starting a few books in, they even explain some of the details of previous cases sometimes, but there aren't earlier books. somehow this really worked for me.… (meer)