Snowbound

Better than I thought it would be but then the end seemed to trail off...into false endings that only developed into additional false endings, rather than a ramp up into more. It was interesting. Not a deal breaker but it took off .25 stars.

I'll say this for it: It held my interest enough to get me through it. I read a good review of Crouch's latest, and when it wasn't available at the library, went with this one, which sounded intriguing. And intriguing it was, although in a very different way than I expected. My recurring thought throughout reading was, “How did this get published?” It read like a bad novelization of a bad thriller movie (think “Reindeer Games”). The plot moved along so quickly that there was never time to process why anything was happening. Motivations were completely untouched, and all of the characters felt unformed; not one seemed anything like a real person. The final twists in the last 2 chapters were so out of left field as to make one throw the book from a speeding car into a volcano under the ocean in a black hole. I guess what I'm saying is don't read this book.

Quick read with enough stuff to keep me interested.