Reviews for Scavenger reef

The average rating for Scavenger reef based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-02-04 00:00:00 Sue Thomas This is Shames's sophomore novel, and like a lot of sophomore efforts, it doesn't live up to the debut. Same Key West setting, same goofy characters, but less plot, less urgency. It almost seems as though the story has succumbed to the Key West lethargy Shames brings to life so evocatively. It also lacks Shames signature humor, whereby the self-important subject themselves to ridicule without realizing it. I can imagine Shames, basking in the success of his debut, working hard to give the characters more depth, and accidentally making them less entertaining as he makes them more real. This story is more character-driven, but from too many directions. All the characters are fun, but they share space with so many others, none end up standing out. Even after this, however, it's still a worthy story, with a satisfying conclusion, and Shames's amusing voice. My high opinion may be skewed be knowledge that the next book in the series, 'Sunburn', is so much more like his debut.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-07-23 00:00:00 Scott Miller I rarely read the blurb on the back of books and prefer either to go by recommendations in here, or (as in this case) I will read the second in a series in which the first impressed me. How different could book two be from book one? I really didn't enjoy this at all. I mistakenly believed this would be a continuation of book one, or at least have some or all of the same characters in it. Wrong. Two stars for cood craftwork and character development but nothing else at all. So it went.