Obsession (Alex Delaware, No. 21)
by Jonathan Kellerman
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Book Reviews of Obsession (Alex Delaware, No. 21)
Book Review: Confusing, Boring and Just Plain Bad
Summary: 1 Stars
This is my first Jonathan Kellerman/Alex Delaware novel and definitely my last. The plot, characters and writing are extremely monotonous and the story is flat. It was easy to see where the big climax (I say this sarcastically) was headed less than halfway through the book. I do not care for Kellerman's method of writing nor the extreme amount of babble among the characters that was absolutely worthless to the plot. I kept plugging along thinking the conclusion would be the big payoff just to be even more disappointed at the way Kellerman finishes off his extremely lengthy, convoluted novel. If you still feel that you have to read this book because you've read some of his other works and they were good, my advice would be to borrow the book or get it from the library, read the first 10 pages and then the last 10 pages and you have the whole story in a nutshell. Basic plot: a young girl (Tanya Bigelow) with an obsessive/compulsive personality (which seems to be completely irrelevant to the story), similar to her aunt/mother-figure, Patty Bigelow, is given some disturbing news of a possible "killing" by Patty on her deathbed. The rest of the 445-page novel goes on and on with lots of drawn-out conversation but no action, just to unravel in a very mind-numbing, predictable manner. To my way of thinking, this novel is a total waste of good reading time.Book Review: Glad Kellerman is not a psychotherapist...
Summary: 2 Stars
anymore, anyway. His world is divided into white and black - all right for pulp fiction, not for psychology. I wouldn't want him to try to make his characters any deeper, either. Even though Alex Delaware might recommend a patient take medication, Jonathan Kellerman thinks less of human beings who do. His "good" characters (victim/heroes), are too strong and good to succumb to needing medication. Hollywood = bad people. One of the worst villains in the book is named Robert Fisk, and likes healthy food.
But it's not a terrible read. I did lose some of the threads in the middle, like others. Milo and Rick's relationship is great to have highlighted, and there are some vivid scenes. I'll probably read more of Kellerman's books.
Book Review: Too Unbelievable
Summary: 2 Stars
This book was not up to the usual Kellerman/Alex Delaware standards. I think maybe JK has run out of ideas and is stretching a bit too much. There were way too many characters who were not well developed confusing the reader. And what PD has the time to spend on a crime which never was reported? I know we have to suspend belief when reading fiction, but, come on, Milo and Alex solved a series of murders from nothing more than a few words from a dying woman???
I only kept reading to see if anything interesting was happening in the private lives of Alex & Robin and Milo & Rick!
JK, please don't just keep churning out books.
Book Review: Mediocre at Best
Summary: 3 Stars
I am a long time lover of Alex and his crew especially Milo but apparently this book was such a sleeper I actually forgot I read it which never happens unless it has been years and even then I rememeber something. It did not have some of the thrill of his past books and I believe it was a (2) day read which in itself says a lot, however I do enjoy his descriptions of L.A and the streets and freeways because since I now live in ND it remimds me of home, having traveled those same streets many times in my own life, I never give much thought to Robin but I love the dog and of course you have to love Milo so that makes the read somewhat worth it.Book Review: Zzzzzz ...
Summary: 1 Stars
I trudged through about half this book, came on here to see if it was worth finishing, and then closed it for good when my suspicions that it only got worse were confirmed.
I was vaguely aware that there was a plot that was suppose to be interesting and believable (right) but all that happened was Alex running around to interview one person after another. The conversations started running together into an unidentifiable string and I'd find myself skimming pages without even taking in what was being said. Doesn't Alex have anything better to do? ... cause I sure do.