Curioddity: A Novel
by:
Paul Jenkins (author)
Format: Kindle Edition
ISBN:
9781250026163
ASIN: B01BKMMGBC
Publish date: 2016-08-30
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pages no: 319
Edition language: English
Yeah. Another one star this year from me, because talk about books I really suffered through. This is a terrible book wearing the husk of a much better book, and that better book is Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently's Detective Agency, which, I might as well mention, is one of my favorite books of all time...
[I received a copy of this book through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.] Hard one to rate… I found it full of good ideas, but the pacing threw me off, except after the 70% mark or so, when it really picked up. The beginning was tricky: slow and “dull”, which was fitting as it perfec...
Curriodity landed on my radar at a time when I was wanting to read something really different and unusual. So after pondering it for a few days and reading the blurb several times I thought why not? While I have to admit it was definitely unusual it also turned out that it just wasn't the book fo...
Wil Morgan lives a boring, miserable life. His landlady lets cats swarm around her house. His bathroom sink constantly rattles. He’s behind on all his rents. He’s failing at being a private detective and the clock in the building next to his office is slowly driving him insane. At least he no longer...
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