Dream Town
Dream Town
by David Baldacci
I got this book because I thought it was the first in the 3-book series featuring private investigator Aloysius Archer. When I finished the book I realized it was actually the third book. Perhaps if I had started with the first book I would have enjoyed this more.
Too many characters, too many complications, cross relationships to keep straight (even the character names are similar enough that it is confusing). I learned from reading other reviews that many of the characters are introduced in earlier books. It was also strange to read a book set in the 1950s.
The story is good, Archer trying to find a missing woman after discovering a dead body in the lobby of her home. There's a lot of violence and while I don't normally mind it, somehow this seemed over the top and bothered me.
On the whole I was disappointed in this book.
Too many characters, too many complications, cross relationships to keep straight (even the character names are similar enough that it is confusing). I learned from reading other reviews that many of the characters are introduced in earlier books. It was also strange to read a book set in the 1950s.
The story is good, Archer trying to find a missing woman after discovering a dead body in the lobby of her home. There's a lot of violence and while I don't normally mind it, somehow this seemed over the top and bothered me.
On the whole I was disappointed in this book.
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