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Liquid Snakes by Stephen Kearse
2.0
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a very strange read.

I was so excited for this one and couldn't wait to borrow it from the library and it was a disappointing read. 

This started started promising and quickly went down hill. 

Too many points of view, not enough important dialogue, too much random details that added nothing to the story, too many acronyms, too much science and bureaucratic jargon, not a believable drug, not believable situations, not believable character reactions, and not a believable story line at all. 

By the end I was bored and tired of the unbelievable reactions and situations and sick of all the pointless points of views. 

Also it's worth noting that black is said a lot of times in the book (like the color black), but Black, as in the people, is also used a lot and the author does not capitalize Black when talking about people. #1, I dislike modern books that refuse to capitalize Black, I find that very weird and disrespectful. #2, it made it confusing since the book talks about the color black and Black people a lot with no differentiation. 

Stephen Kearse can definitely write technically well, but he does not know how to make a story come together well or enjoyable. 

Would not recommend. :(

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