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Friday, May 18, 2012
Whitney Award Winner Doesn't Do Much For Me
1:00 AM
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Rearview Mirror, an LDS murder mystery by Stephanie Black, just won a Whitney Award for best mystery written in 2011 by a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. So, apparently, I missed something because, for me, this book just bugged. It's predictable; full of big, gaping plot holes; and features a heroine who is not just depressing, but helpless and annoying. The writing never engaged me, the characters annoyed me, the dialogue sounded unnaturally stiff—so yeah, Rearview Mirror didn't do much for me. Other people found it enjoyable, though, so this could just be another case of me being way too picky. It's been known to happen (okay, it happens all the time). All I know is that if I hadn't been required to finish this one in order to vote for the Whitney Award winners, I wouldn't have.
(Readalikes: Hm, I can't think of anything right off the top of my head. Can you?)
Grade: C-
If this were a movie, it would be rated: PG for violence
To the FTC, with love: I received an e-ARC of Rearview Mirror from the generous folks at Covenant Communications via the Whitney Award Committee. Thank you!
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