- AwfulThis is another author writing a book supposedly about one character when it is really about another. Patricia Cornwell did it when she lost interest in Kay Scarpetta and now this author is doing it with her Eve Duncan character. If you wish to write about a new character than PLEASE don't disguise it behind a character that readers have known. I will NOT buy another book about Jane. She is too young, too immature. I bought this book happy to be reading about Eve Duncan, NOT 17 year old Jane. And the new book promises to be all about Jane and Trevor. I don't care to hear about this couple. Shes too young for him, and it made me feel creepy to hear about the sexual tension between a 17 year old and 30+ year old. Don't waste your money on this if you are looking for Eve Duncan, She's not here!
Rating:
- Not one of her best but a very enjoyable read!This time Ms. Johansen gives us a little mysticism along with Eve, Joe and Jane and her usually diabolical and 1/2 step ahead villain. Jane is now 17 and has just gotten her driver's license. Eve and Joe have always said Jane was "10 going on 30" from her life experiences and that factor is taken advantage of in this plot.
An international serial killer is murdering women and removing their faces. Eve is asked to reconstruct one that is found nearby and imagine her shock when the face looks like an older Jane!!
Jane, meanwhile, is having dreams/nightmares where she is running, in a tunnel, hot and can't breathe -- this is where the "fantasy" factor comes in -- and Jane wants to find out what happens.
Enter a con artist named Trevor, who is, of course, handsome and charismatic and intelligent, and soon the whole gang is trying to catch the serial killer who now targets Jane.
I felt we really got to know Jane in this story which was a little thin on the plot due mostly to the fantasy elements. I did enjoy the workings and machinations that went on to try and catch the killer.
Rating:
- DisappointingI have read a majority of Iris Johansen's books, with high expectations. This book was so dissapointing. The plot was so farfetched and unbelievable that I could not buy into the premise. I was determined to finish the book and was disappointed at the end to see that see that she was continuning the story through another book. When you have high expectations of an author and are dissapointed like this I will think twice before purchasing again!!
Rating:
- Extremely disappointingI had read some of Iris Johansen's other novels and found them interesting. This one was extremely disappointing. The plot is extremely far-fetched and stretches credulity to the breaking point. But most disappointing is the stilted dialogue which just doesn't ring real. The one saving grace was the interesting historical information about Pompeii/Herculaneum.
When I finished reading this novel, I wondered: How does a book like this on to the bestseller lists? Are we all sheep?
Rating:
- Poor on many levelsI find the characters in this book unsympathetic and the plot entirely unrealistic. To believe that the serial killer could be so close so often and not be spotted is beyond belief. I am sick of Eve's whining.