Finally got around to reading the latest novel that came out late last year. New author who I'm unfamiliar with and for some reason didn't put chapters in the book.
That's right. The whole thing read like an endless 229 page chapter. Not fun.
First off, there was never a good place to stop and secondly, it made the book feel like a drag here and there because you never got a true "break". You just went to the next paragraph and continued reading.
I'm not really sure why you would write a book that way, but that's how she thought she'd do it and it sucked.
Besides that, the book wasn't bad. There were moments where it felt like the show and others, that felt like she was just buying time to fill pages because she had nothing more to write. The ending is horrible because it drags on for 30 more pages, where they do nothing but celebrate or talk about what's going on in a characters head.
There was some great stuff on Book, whom most authors tend to avoid writing about in the series. And Simon Tam appeared to be the star of the novel yet he wasn't featured on the cover which I found strange.
After a job goes south, Book and Zoe are captured for ransome and Mal and and the gang have to figure out a way to get the money in time to get them returned before they're shot the next day.
There's a mystery to resolve as well but it's not a head scratcher by far to figure it out. The book takes place in-between the series and let's you know that in the preface.
Overall, it was fine and not the worst by far, so if you're thinking about picking it up I can recommend it for what it is.
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