Claiming to be a mystery novel for bibliophiles this novel takes the reader through enough twists, turns, and red herrings to please a mystery lover who loves mystery for all the aforementioned ingredients. The references to, details of and high profile society revolving around ancient and rare books will fulfull anyone reading who fits the bibliophile demographic.
All that aside, this book left me disappointed. The writing was good...enough. The plot was satisfactory...in some ways. The characters were interesting and complex...in a way. All that was missing was that key element of believablity that any true mystery lover needs. When the protagonist opts to put himself into a highly dangerous situation with, seemingly, no safeguards a reader feels taken. When the protagonist endures and survives innumberable near death/murder scenarios, the reader feels robbed. Because of these reasons I could not walk away from 'Untitled' with satisfaction in having opened it's cover.
All that aside, the protagonist finds an extremely rare and, as we soon find out, highly dangerous novel. The information supposedly contained within could potentially ruin the reputations of persons who will do anything to get it back. Strangly, the protagonist is suspiciously invited to join a highly elite and exclusive book club. As we learn more about who might benefit from the book being destroyed and what information the book might contain, we are pulled along in the unbearably implausible plot until, all red herrings cleared, we are given the climactic scene where the true bad guy holds our protagonists at gun point and explains everything, just in time to get killed, unintentionally. Even more disappointing, we never see the protagonist reunited with his kidnapped fiance. (oh yeah, that happened too) Well written enough that I could make my way through it but frustrating beyond belief. No more Kaewert please.
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