The Sleeping Doll: A Novel (Kathryn Dance, No 1) by Jeffery Deaver
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Book Reviews of The Sleeping Doll: A Novel (Kathryn Dance, No 1)
Book Review: Not his best
Summary: 2 Stars
I have loved and devoured Jeffery Deaver's work until now. This book seems forced, he has dumbed-down his writing and I had to make myself finish it. The study of kinesics is very interesting, but at some point it seems that Kathryn Dance stops being able to read body language and starts being able to read minds.Book Review: Unreadable
Summary: 1 Stars
I am amazed by the reviews giving this high ratings. This book falls flat on nearly every level imaginable. The only interesting things and not enough to sustain were the protagonist's role as interrogator with tips on how to spot a liar, and some stuff about how cult leaders get and maintain control. Both of which seem shoehorned in from research manuals or white papers. As a police procedural the plot is mechanical and predictable, the dialog stiff, the efforts to get into the heads of both protagonist and antagonist are clumsy and trite. Doesn't rank a literature like Martin Cruz Smith or Richard Price can produce, doesn't rank as a good procedural like Elmore Leonard or Grisham, not as hard hitting as Elroy or Vachss or Harris ... far better stuff out there. I got through the first half before giving up.Book Review: Very poor; tiresome, no payoff
Summary: 1 Stars
I have enjoyed other Jeffrey Deaver novels. This one stinks though I finally finished it. There is no drive toward resolution. Instead we are treated to yak, yak, yak of peripheral characters. It seems that nearly the entire book could have be set in one living room with various characters dropping in and out. The 'kinesics' expert Dance has very little usable insight into suspects. This was a wasted Kindle selection, and I challenge Deaver to improve the quality of his stories.Book Review: Slow Read, No Mystery
Summary: 1 Stars
The back of the book sounded very intriguing but I was hugely disappointed when I started reading it. I struggled through the first 100 pages before finally giving up. There is no mystery involved and little action takes place. I didn't want to waste my time on a book where the whole premise was a cat and mouse game and where there was no real mystery. After reading the other reviews here, I'm glad I put it down.Book Review: boring and uninteresting
Summary: 1 Stars
A really boring book. Uninteresting characters, static plot, lot of useless sunplots. I stopped reading it after 300 pages, when the plot, after going nowhere for 100 pages, turns in a very deceiving and manipulative way. A complete waste of time.