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Loading... Right Time Wrong Placeby J. Taylor
None No current Talk conversations about this book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At times humorous, and at others absolutely unbelievable, she eventually saves the day (and the boy). Overall, an enjoyable read for everyone who is not terribly fussed about a riveting story line. ![]() I was also very much put off by the demeaning physical descriptions of most female characters. “One was like a fat farmer’s wife…her bottom almost skimming the pavement....” On the other hand the woman to whom Giorgio was attracted had “a lush body with more curves than a Monaco coast road." I kept reading only because I felt obliged to write a review, and I did eventually become interested in Susie’s adventures and dangerous actions, but too late. ![]() I’ll say this up front, this book will not make my favourites of the year list. Right from the beginning I was wondering if the writing was trying to be funny, or dramatic. I would have been fine with the switch between first person and third person narration, if it had followed a predicable pattern. But switches between styles of narration seemed somewhat random at times, even jumping between characters, sometimes for only one paragraph. It left me disorientated at times. All that could have been remedies by a good story, but sadly it wasn’t. The plot wore a little thin several times, and got less and less believable as the story went on. There was little suspense, as everything that wasn’t obvious from the start got revealed rather quickly. Several summaries by characters telling others what had happened before slowed everything down. There was a somewhat surprising twist at the end, but I’d file that under not really credible rather an anything else. ![]() Our unnamed protagonist, and out of condition lady, stumbles across a kidnapping when she visits a PI (purpose unstated), and ends up kidnapped herself. Her fellow hostage is the son of a nouveau-riche couple, the chap gold-digging into an older wife, and at the same time being exploited but other women seeking his riches. While the protagonist scenes were basically ok, all the antagonist viewpoints were very poor - a lot of telling rather than showing, and of that most of it was spite-filled prejudice against those richer and more successful than the author. Excising all of these segments may have made for a readable story. In addition the formatting was terrible with line breaks occurring randomly every few sentences. Some of the actual prose was also in need of editing for grammar choices (if you're flashback to earlier memories these need to be in past tense) and also incorrect spelling choices and endings. Don't bother. no reviews | add a review
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