Nightwork

I've read books by Roberts that I've loved, but this one didn't do it for me. It's not a bad book, per se, but it was very drawn out and the characters didn't make a lasting impression. Booth didn't feel like a hero, La Porte didn't feel like a villain, and the stakes got messy in the process.

This was around 430 pages and nothing happened until about page 320. I don't think I've ever rated a Nora Roberts book lower than three stars, but I was just so bored with this one!

my main takeaway from this is that I want Nora Roberts to write a Gambit comic miniseries for Marvel. She has the range!! She has the prime crimes!!

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Original Review

I found Nightwork to be an interesting story in that it focuses primarily on the life of a male main character who has faced hardship and loss and been a thief since he was quite young. Following a MMC who is a sort of anti-hero is something I don???t see a lot in the types of books I have read thus far, so it was entertaining to read a story that was a bit different from what I am used to reading. I liked that we got to learn about Harry???s back story and see how he came to be the man he is later in the book.

That said, I did feel like about a third of the book could have been cut out and I wouldn???t have missed anything. The pace was leisurely, with some of the scenes not really moving the plot along or adding much to the story. There were instances where what I was reading felt like a rehash of a scene I had already read with a couple of minor details changed.

I found the ending to wrap up a bit too tidily without delving into the more realistic mess that would have come along with the circumstances as well.

Overall, the story was entertaining but parts of it were also skimmable.

Good, solid single title Nora Roberts release. I liked the use of a male POV character with somewhat gray morals, although it might have been more interesting if he faced a few challenges when engaging in his chosen profession (which happens to be stealing valuable works of art). YMMV if you think Lt. Eve Dallas from the In Death books would have arrested him and sent him to an off-planet jail.