Hawkes Harbor

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Who let this through? - Rated
What a strange book.

The first part purports to be a sinister, dark tale, as the main character battles for sanity in a mental home, haunted by past events. So far, so reasonable.

However, within fifty pages, the whole book has completely flipped. In the unlikely possibility that you might wish to mistakenly read this book, I won't say what happens. Suffice it to say, it is literally two different books in the space of a few pages, for no accountable reason. The change is laughable, pointless, lacks credibility, and removes any reason for continuing to read.

I presume the author's previous success (albeit some time ago) got this published. There is no earthly reason for it other than that. What manner of publisher and editor exists, who would allow such an effort through? It demeans previous work, and represents astonishingly poor value for money.

A big disappointment - Rated
Having read all of SE Hinton's book as a teenager I was very excited to see a new novel for adults. Unfortunately it was a huge let down. The story is incoherant and the characters are underdeveloped. By the end, I had no empathy at all with the main character. In short, don't waste your time and money.