Vicious

I liked this book. Liked how it started, liked some of its characters, liked its premise. The writing style is fluid and easy to read. The division of the chapters based on timeframe is equally well done.

The problem with this book (aside from some plot holes) is that I can't help but feel that all that happens is too convenient. It's the same feeling I have when I watch the new Sherlock Holmes series.

It doesn't matter how questionable the actions of Sherlock are, or if he dies, gets shot, disappears, acts like an a-hole... In the end, it doesn't matter because we know that all of it had a real purpose and that he won't really die because, let's get real, he's the main character. Because of this, I'm not surprised anymore. ‘Oh... He's been shot? I'm sure he will come back, an he did it on purpose to know a little more about the case.'

I feel the same way about Victor Vale. His actions are very questionable, and his plan? Come on... it had one in a million chances to work out... but guess what? It did in a very convenient way. Everything happened the way he hoped for. And even though I was on Victor's side, all this convenience made me along the way root for something to go wrong with his plan... for it to at least face some bump in the road.

I enjoyed this book, but in the end, it's easy to see that the author picked Victor's side and that he didn't have the anti-hero personality that Eli had. So it made it quite easy to root for Victor, with him being the ‘good guy.'

Aside from some plot holes and being somewhat predictable in some situations, I recommend this book.