I ordered this book after reading rave reviews, but I was more than a little disappointed. I found the book contrived and slow moving. I am a huge fan of Scott Turrow's "Presumed Innocent" to which "A Cure For Night" has been compared. Well, I read PI and ACFN is no PI, not even close. It wasn't a terrible book, it was average and nothing to get excited about. I gave it three stars when maybe it deserved 2.5.
This book was pretty good for a debut author.
It is a legal procedural that moves along quite nicely. His dialect for his African American characters living in the projects was "spot on". I actually found it unbelievable how exact his prose was. I have read authors with many years at this, not even come close (one of my absolute favorite authors, Walter Mosely, for one). It's worth the price of admission for that alone.
The book will grab you from the beginning, never boring or dragging you along in the middle and has an ending that I doubt very much that you will see coming. It was satisfying.
I think that the very special thing about this novel that so many others lack, is the honesty and authenticity. I don't think even once I thought to myself, "Yeah, like that would ever happen." I am a voracious reader and I have never said that about any book before. I think that really says something. Kudos, Mr. Peacock.
It is a legal procedural that moves along quite nicely. His dialect for his African American characters living in the projects was "spot on". I actually found it unbelievable how exact his prose was. I have read authors with many years at this, not even come close (one of my absolute favorite authors, Walter Mosely, for one). It's worth the price of admission for that alone.
The book will grab you from the beginning, never boring or dragging you along in the middle and has an ending that I doubt very much that you will see coming. It was satisfying.
I think that the very special thing about this novel that so many others lack, is the honesty and authenticity. I don't think even once I thought to myself, "Yeah, like that would ever happen." I am a voracious reader and I have never said that about any book before. I think that really says something. Kudos, Mr. Peacock.
