Honestly, I couldn't get through this one, despite having read the previous books in the Sigma series. The plot was far too slow and meandering, and wHonestly, I couldn't get through this one, despite having read the previous books in the Sigma series. The plot was far too slow and meandering, and was kind of jumbled. I'm sure many will say the ending was a great pay off, but I wasn't willing to spend time to find out....more
Agent Faith Mitchell gets an uneasy feeling while driving home, after unsuccessfully attempting to contact her mother numerous times by phone. Faith rAgent Faith Mitchell gets an uneasy feeling while driving home, after unsuccessfully attempting to contact her mother numerous times by phone. Faith rushes to her mother's house to find a war zone: blood everywhere, bad guys still inside, and her mother missing. The story then winds through a tale of good cops, bad cops, gangs, drugs and money, until we figure out exactly what happened and why. Sort of.
Fallen is a book with an identity crisis. What could have been a promising crime novel turned into an overly complex, dreary tale, hampered by too many characters -- incidental and otherwise --, and an unnecessary secondary love-interest story-line involving Will, Faith's partner, Will's wife, and Dr. Sara Linton, Will's new interest. Add to this a padding of overly long dialogue sequences that did not drive the plot in any way (essentially amounting to nothing more than idle small talk), a plot that was, at times, hard to decipher, and an unrewarding conclusion, and you're left with an unsatisfying novel. One could easily read chapters 1 and 2, skip to chapter 16, and not miss a single crucial bit of information. In fact, it might make for a better story!
For those who have read Slaughter's other novels, Fallen can easily be skipped. For those unfamiliar, do not start with this one....more
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