The Typhoon Lover

The setup: Fashion-obsessed Rei Shimura has just turned thirty and is offered a peculiar job: try to discover whether or not an ex-boyfriend now owns a priceless treasure from Iraq, thought to be stolen in the post-Invasion looting of the National Museum. She's sent to Japan on this secret mission for a nameless federal agency.

Review: While readable overall, Rei comes across as immature and somewhat dumb. She obsesses about shoes and clothes all the time. Massey's writing is uneven, featuring painfully stilted conversations. And the idea that turning thirty means entering the "winter" of one's life is pretty ludicrous.

The book club members who read this book for our Sujata Massey collection, somewhat enjoyed the mystery however found the setting of the main character (her varying professions etc.) rather contrived. The overall score was 5/10.

A passable novel. It picked up steam as it went along, but I found it really annoying at the beginning. Not as interesting as one of the earlier novels in the series, which I had read.

I can't put my finger on why, but this wasn't as much fun as the earlier books in the series.

I read this for Harpers-collins. A review book and now I have another author to read.

Kohtalainen yksilö Rei Shimura -sarjassa. Luen sarjaa, koska sen kautta päsee osallistumaan japanilaiseen elämänmenoon. Tosin minulla on vaikeuksia samaistua päähenkilöön... Plussaa siitä, ettei väkivallalla mässäillä.