Candyland : A Novel In Two Parts

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing
Review: Too much description of shocking sexual actions. Not enough effort to make the characters interesting, memorable, or likable. This was a disappointing work from the author. The plot was predictable and the ending, though better than the rest of the book, was a meager offering from a writer who should have known better. In short, it was a gimmick that failed.

Rating:
Summary: Not too bad /nothing special
Review: Well having read the first part, I expected to find some
excitement in the second part , such as Thorpe's struggle
to prove he was not the murderer, Thorpe's getting arrested
or questioned , etc. It turned out to be the fact that the
guy never knew there was a crime, or that he was a suspect.
Thus I sort of failed to understand why the two parts connected
to each other. The second part could have made a story without the first part. Although I like crime novels in which cops are guilty,this one is very ordinary - compared to 87th presinct. Three stars - only for the sake of McBain's writing skills.