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Book Shots is an initiative by James Patterson, the acclaimed author of thrillers, to present a series of novellas under 150 pages and under 5$ as a sort of a quick read. The idea is to use the presenter 'James Patterson' as a brand name to sell many books; so I presume.
I am not much of a thriller reader but the name was seductive and I fell for the quickie, cheapie book. I was expecting it to be a thriller of some sort, thanks to reputation of its Godfather. I was wrong.
Jane Avery is a divorcee who has tried to drown her heartbreak over her cheating ex-husband by watching Netflix and shunning all social life. Her sister and her friends are trying to nudge her back out there, but Jane isn't interested.
UNTIL she gets a sexy little black dress and turns into this whole different person. Suddenly she is into casual sex and straight-arms any attempts at second dates or any other form of male contact other than sex. I can understand her motivation, she has just suffered a terrible break-up and does not trust herself in any other relationship.
ALAS, the story does not go there. Her psychological motivations are all bypassed, despite the presence of a Psychoanalyst that Jane visits every week. There are absolutely no thriller elements in the book either. Apart from one little hiccup, nothing noteworthy really happens to her. We are treated to rather boring descriptions of sex. With gorgeous men. That's it.
To be fair, the writing is good, which means the language does not make you cringe.
Usually I do not try to 'recommend' or 'warn off' people from a book. Here, I am tempted to issue a warning. Do not bother reading this.
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Meri bhi pass. :-)
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