Matthew Iden
Author of A Reason to Live
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Image credit: Crime fiction author Matthew Iden on his back porch. There's a Bloody Mary in his right hand, but you'll never see it in the picture.
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Thriller Thirteen: 13 Bestselling Thriller Novellas Packed With Mystery, Action, & Adventure! (2016) — Contributor — 3 copies
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The author tries to cover too many characters at once, which only accomplishes 3 things.
1) Less emotional connection to the characters because the POV is so spread out and there's so many characters to keep track of.
2) A generic, formulaic tragic back story for every character, which gets old.
3) Making it clear who the Observer is because it's the only damn character focused on in detail that doesn't get a POV.
Besides that, there was way too much exposition and lackluster description. One can only describe the snow and cold in so many ways. But still, I trudged on because I thought it might be worth it.
Nope. Just a disappointing climax and a rushed ending that left me with a bad taste in my mouth. We follow the main protagonist and we hope she will do something but in the end deus ex machina happens and she closes her eyes and all of a sudden everything is OK.
I'd rather freeze in the snow than recommend this book to anyone.… (more)