Title: Meaningless details
Product review: This is a short story masquerading as a novel. A plot is supposed to progress, but Griffin throws in too many impediments, such as flashbacks that contribute very little, if anything. Further, even present time in the story is dragged down by a plethora of inane details that do nothing to advance the plot. I finished reading the novel (skipping a few paragraphs here and there--but not enough), but it was maybe because I'm a bit of a masochist. And the characters were B-movie cardboard cutouts.
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