I read the novel Edge Jeffery Deaver as my choice for the genre fiction book. This book is a classic detective novel where the agent tries to solve the crime and find the criminal. I understand how crime and detective novels are going to have a lot of dialogue but I think many others will agree with me that this book has too much of it. I was surprised when I started reading because it was actually an interesting plot line and I thought it had unique characters. Once I started reading however, I realized that this book does not have much other than the overwhelming dialogue. I found it boring once the characters only spoke to each other, where the goal was to describe the plot to the reader. I understood the plot of the novel, and hearing in my head the characters restate the plot over and over again left me to feel the book drag on and on and on. I think that this book could have a greater amount of action, without over explaining what is happening in the story.Overall though, I found my book to be awfully boring. I did finish this 500+ page book, but it was a slow read. By looking at Goodreads, I have noticed that Deaver has written many other novels which honestly seem to have more interesting plot lines then this one. I think this novel could have been one of his lower-selling novels but I still think the writer's language and use of craft in the novel could be beyond better.
Overall, I thought that the novel was boring and awful; and I am not normally one to critique novels and their craft (knowing I can not do anything better) but I am also not a published writer and published writers should entertain their audience not bore them and try to drag them along through the story. I would give this book a 1/5 stars and wouldn't necessarily recommend this book to anyone unless you love dialogue, and lots of it. :)
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