Title: Ultimately disappointing
Product review: While sporadically exciting this book proved to be a disappointment. It started well but went progressively downhill. The plot became less believable and the characters more cardboard as the story went on. There were a few plot branches which went nowhere and there was a definite contrived feeling to the latter half of the book. Having said that, there was a kernel of a good story here and the book worked best for me when the action took place in the village. The story was far too disjointed, however, to engender any sympathy for the characters and the paper-thin characterisation led to little sympathy for those 'taken out'. Also, the ending was a real disappointment. It was hard to believe that it took more than 300 pages to reach such a feeble finale.
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