This is the first Nnedi Okorafor book that I have not enjoyed, and I cannot figure out why. (But isn’t that cover brilliant? I absolutely love this series of covers she has been running…)
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So here’s the tagline blurb: “Hannah Morrissey’s Hello, Transcriber is a captivating mystery suspense debut featuring a female police transcriber who goes beyond the limits to solve a harrowing case.” Sounds fabulous right? Like so many others I was drawn to the premise of this one and the original concept, hooked in the beginning by […] I am definitely in the minority on this one, but I just could not find my way into the story. Too many characters telling too many stories that overlap and are true but then aren’t and then are again. Instead of finding it intriguing like so many other readers, I just got annoyed. […] I’m a fan of mysteries. I’m a fan of historical fiction. And I’m a fan of time-travel. All three elements are present here, and the result should have been a huge hit with me, but somehow it just wasn’t… […] I’m so disappointed… I really liked the way this one started. But then, ugh. The one thing that drives me crazy is when a book in a series just stops. “To be continued” is not how you end a book - it is how you end an installment program, where the next installment will […] |
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