Title: A Sudden and Unsatisfying Ending
Product review: This book is very densely plotted...too much so. There are too many characters and details, making it a tough slog.But the real reason I feel compelled to share my experience (and, as a writer, I shy away from criticizing others' efforts) is that the ending is so incredibly abrupt, making me wonder if they edited it down for the paperback version. We join the climactic scene after it is already well in progress...I thought I was missing some pages but I wasn't. And everything is suddenly wrapped up in a page and a half. Given where the story stood, I thought another 50 pages remained and were needed. Turns out those pages were a preview of his next book.As it was, it was all work and little payoff. And the main characters didn't really draw me in like Laura Lippman's Tess or Larry Block's Matt Scudder.I admire the author's plotting skills and knowledge, but there's an editor who did him a real disservice.
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