Chapter By Chapter (usually) features me reading one chapter of the selected book at a time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as a read-along book club.
The only article I’m doing this week but only because there are only four chapters left and we have a cliffhanger I can’t discuss on this side of the homepage. Spoilers are only in the article proper. Although if you’ve been following along you know that last time we learned one of our cast is a bad person, but not our murderer. That leaves one suspect, and I called it! Whether it was a subconscious memory from last time or not I can’t really admit to. Point is, the clues were there and I was right! That’s rare for me and mysteries. No, I don’t remember if I got it right the first read, but this isn’t a detective story. The murders have just been a backdrop for the story Jean Lorrah really wanted to tell, and that’s been my sticking point with this book, how poorly the murder plot was integrated into the story she wanted to tell and should have stuck with. It could have worked as a Star Trek story on its own.
At any rate, we should probably check in with Kirk. He’s the cliffhanger I was taking about. We know he lives because he kind of has to for the timeline, and he’s one of the main characters. The question is HOW does he survive? Let’s see if we learn the answer this week.
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