I’m done

I really love the idea of this series and have been looking past the problems with it because I wanted to know how it would end. The author is also pretty good a writing cliffhangers that get you to the next book. But the writing isn’t improving and the use of trite phrases and colloquialisms just got to be too much. It felt like McShane is phoning it in and lacks interest in the characters and the story. I found myself asking why I should care if the author doesn’t.

What makes it even worse is the narration and performance. It is truly awful and she has not improved at all. Her voice is flat, the characters all basically sound the same, and when she tries an accent it is dreadful. She really did the story a huge disservice and her poor performance is a large part of the reason that this book will remain on my unfinished list.