Rating: 2/5
Review:
Slow and rather silly
I'm afraid I struggled to about half way in Body and Soul
and then gave up. It's been some time
since I read and enjoyed some of John Harvey's Resnick novels and I'm sorry to
have to say this, but this really isn't a patch on them.
Harvey can still
write well and create a good atmosphere and sense of place. However, his ability to present a
believable plot with people who behave
at least semi-plausibly seems to have deserted him. I just found the whole thing a slog through a
slow, slow set-up, a lot of extraneous detail, pretty far-fetched events and
psychology and so on. I diligently read
on until a wholly ridiculous extra twist was thrown into the mix around half
way and decided life was too short.
I am very sad to be so critical of an author I have liked in
the past, but I found Body and Soul a real disappointment and can't recommend
it.
(My thanks to Heinemann for an ARC via NetGalley.)
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