As they say everyone will not like what you write, well this review seems to say on one hand she liked it, on the other she didn't. But with several 4 and 5 star reviews, it was enviable that a 2 star would show up. I am posting the review to be transparent and to show that I am not just posting the great ones.
Genre: Mystery/Thriller Date: 28 January 2016 Rating: 2 stars
Douglas
Sandler’s Bad Memories is the story
of ex-doctor John Miller, now working as a pill-presser in New York after a
conviction for medical malpractice leads to his mental breakdown. Trapped in a
marriage to a woman who expected to live on the much higher salary of a medical
doctor, John’s descent into depression is alleviated by visits with his one
friend, Dr. Albert Smith in Millersburg. When John receives a weekend fishing
invitation from Dr. Smith, the last thing he anticipated was having to stretch
his half-forgotten medical skills in a key role in a murder investigation.
Bad
Memories is
a classic mystery novel set sometime after WWII, with John Miller its reluctant
detective in a string of multiple murders that the Millersburg PD is either
incapable of or uninterested in solving. While the novel showcases a strongly
nostalgic sense of setting and era, it is undermined by the frequent editorial
errors that disrupt the reading, and although the vacillations of confidence
that John suffers from are expertly sketched into the plot, the final reveal
came across to me as something of a Hail Mary save, with a wealth of additional
details suddenly being pieced together by our reluctant hero. A few more
breadcrumbs would have helped that final scene to be more credible for me.
Review by J.C. Steel
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