The Cater Street Hangman by Anne PerryMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
I'm so sad to say that I didn't like this book. There seemed to be a whisper of something that kept me reading, because normally I would have stopped before I got halfway through, but I kept reading hoping it would redeem itself in some way. It never happened.
I found the writing to be stilted. The story being told from different perspectives on a continuous bases was a little scattered. Different perspectives would just pop in as the story went along. I thought that the varying relations of the Ellison's were superficial. Sarah's hard line with Dominic with regard to Charlotte. Everyone was so sure that Lord Ashworth would never propose to Emily. Even he boosted of her potential as a mistress, but then he proposes after Sarah dies. Charlotte is so offended by Inspector Pitt's seeming attention, then all of a sudden she's not. It just reeks of being rushed and not thought out. There was never a moment when felt deeply for anyone whether professing their love or feeling the sorrow of Sarah's passing.
I knew early on that the killer was Martha. It was so obvious. Her mood swings, seemingly ill one moment and fine the next. Her husbands rhetoric about sin and evil was so overt. That was probably the only thing in the book that seemed heightened in emotion that it stood out.
I hate books that end like this. This is the second Open Road book that I've read that ends without any follow through. Like they think it's artistic to end that way. I hate it unless the book is completely well written and the ending leaves me wanting more. This certainly didn't I don't like writing bad reviews, but in this case I can't help it. I wouldn't want anyone to read the other reviews and think this is a good book. I love this period, I was hoping it would potentially be like a Sherlock Holmes type project with a wife and husband.
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