Rating: 2/5
Review:
Not for me
I’m afraid that Dead Simple wasn’t for me. It’s competently
written (but no more than that) and has a potentially interesting
plot driver, but I found it unengaging and ultimately silly.
The basic idea is well explained in the publisher’s blurb (and in many hundreds of reviews). It’s a bit implausible but I was prepared to go with it for a decent story...but I didn’t really get one. I found Grace an unlikely and uninteresting protagonist, the plot and prose a bit plodding and some of the developments very unlikely. I stuck with it for a good while, but when it came to a medium using paranormal powers to solve the case I gave up. There really are limits and for me the paranormal as deus ex machina is several steps too far.
Plenty of people have enjoyed this, but I’m afraid I really didn’t.
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