So I lied earlier, I managed to finish the book :) And it was interesting to say the least. I'll try to give a quick summary and then go into more detail. The story is about detective Dangy who is an average agent, but she also suffers from anorexia (I will touch on this later). The BGT (Bubble Gum Thief) is a criminal who's crimes escalate and he leaves a small card with a stick of bubble gum on the back as a "calling card" if you will. Now I don't want to give to much away, but I think now I will go into a few specific things about the characters and some of the plot....I really wanted to feel sorry for Dangy when things in her personal life get bad (I won't specify because I don't want to reveal a spoiler) but I can't feel bad because the way she reacts to it and talks about it isn't all that believable....I don't know, it was just really hard to connect with her because she so distant with everyone, including the reader, and when things do go bad I wanted to feel it but there was nothing to feel, which I think is what is making this book difficult to really get into and be memorable. Like I said before, Dangy just seems to distant and it's hard to feel anything for her, and I honestly feel closer to everyone she meets than her and I feel that shouldn't be the case since she is the protagonist. I honestly feel closer to her partner, Victor, during the investigation because he is such a "dork" and is probably used as the "comic relief" of the story, but he is much more relate-able and sincere and the reader can easily pick that up. But honestly I can't even pick a trait that covers Dangy's personality other than "distant" because that is all she really is. I just can't connect to her and I wish I could. I feel we don't know a lot about her except that he suffers from anorexia but even that doesn't seem realistic. I feel that the author just kind of made her anorexic to make her a more complex character but it doesn't really seem to be affecting her much...it just seems strange... The other characters I really enjoy though, they seem unique and realistic and make me laugh at times, but Dangy still seems flat and shes the protagonist....
The BGT (Bubble Gum Thief) seems too stereotypical. He's creepy and stalker-ish like you see in movies or a TV show....I was hoping for more originality because I find the concept of his crimes very interesting by leaving a card with a stick of bubble gum at each scene. And his crimes escalate each time. But I feel the character does not fit the crime....I don't know, he just didn't really stand out and didn't give me that "OMG NO WAY" or "THAT MAKES SENSE NOW!" moment that I like to get with these kinds of books when we finally get a look at the criminal. I found Victor, Dangy's partner in the investigation, more interesting than BGT...which I don't think is very good. Even at the end of the book the reader does not learn much about BGT. It was kind of unsatisfying, spending all that time reading the book and really not learning much about the criminal himself. The crimes where interesting but I also wanted more about him.
The ending did have a nice little spin at the end, but it was nothing that I expected and it did not really give any insight to BGT, but I did enjoy the ending.
I'm going to be giving this novel a 3.5/5 on goodreads.com. I don't feel this book quite deserved a 4 because of the lack of character building of the criminal. I think if there was more on the criminal I could have given it a 4, maybe even a 5.
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The next book I will be starting, which I probably won't start till Monday, is After Eden (Fallen Angels book 1) by Katherine Pine. I've had it on my kindle for a while so I'm excited to finally read it :) Happy Reading everyone
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