Reviews for Hemlock Bay (FBI Series #6)

The average rating for Hemlock Bay (FBI Series #6) based on 2 reviews is 1.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-06-19 00:00:00 Dean Thompson Nope.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-03-11 00:00:00 Richard Ryons This book was really dreadful. I thought it was so bad, in fact, that I almost gave it two stars simply because after a while I sort of enjoyed mocking it. There was precisely one element of this book I enjoyed. For some reason I thought it was sweet and appealing whenever Lily would describe her cartoon character No Wrinkles Remus. I liked her in those moments. The rest of this book drove me crazy. The dialogue was the worst part. It was awful. And, yes, I think it is particularly difficult to write dialogue that sounds convincing and not stilting and ridiculous, but there's a reason why many authors use dialogue sparingly. Half of what was explained through conversation in this book could have been described in another way and should have been. Absolutely none of the conversations ran true. The characters were all one-dimensional. There were two plots in this book and I kept waiting for them to come together but they never did. The supernatural plot was completely absurd and never explained sufficiently. The worst part was that this so-called mystery was never a mystery at all! The characters all figured out what was going on with both plots about halfway through the book (and the worst part is that half the time the reader wasn't told how the mysteries were solved, just that they detectives "had a lead" or "learned from the computer" or whatever) and then what they figured out ended up actually being true! There were no interesting twists and very little suspense. I hate to be so harsh on a book because the author put time and effort into it. In this case, though, I really can't recommend this to anyone, unless you feel like mocking some really terrible dialogue.