Title: No 'Silence of the Lambs' Here
Product review: The reviewer on the cover [James Thayer] suggests a favorable comparison to the Hannibal Lecter stories of Thomas Harris. Unfortunately, there is nothing in this novel to sustain such a comparison. The villain, Allander Atlasia, is on the contrary, a boring, sterotypical killer like those in many, many books of this genre. He has none of the panache of Hannibal Lecter. More troubling though, is the protagonist, Jade Marlow. The surname is evocative of 'Hearts of Darkness' and suggests a deeply troubled, complex, dark type of hero. Well this Marlow is definetly troubled, he fails to involve the reader as he behaves like a jerk througout the entire novel. There is nothing redeeming about his unemotive, robot-like behavior. The plot involves Marlow chasing after Atlasia upon his escape from prison. The end of the novel is both predictable and unfulfilling. There are much better examples of this genre and this is a book best avoided.
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
