Innocent As Sin

Innocent as Sin by Elizabeth Lowell

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


This was my third pick for vacation novels this year, and while the back cover and the first few lines of the first chapter intrigued me when I first picked it up, it didn't quite live up to my expectations.

Innocent as Sin is touted as a suspense novel, and it does open with a whodunit question - who killed the photographer? Unfortunately, from there it delves into the world of international banking with a different protagonist that is hard to get to know, not easy to like, and boring in her hobbies and reaction to threat and intimidation. I had to drag myself through the first three quarters of the book, waiting for the payoff of seeing the bad guy from the very first few lines of the book get his due. In retrospect, I should have put the book down. Unfortunately for me, I was on vacation at the time, and when you're camping and on your last book, it isn't so easy to toss it aside and head to the nearest bookstore or library for something fresh and new!

I found this book to drag a bit. Okay, a lot. I didn't feel compelled by the characters, I rooted for the bad guy at some points because I found the female protagonist so annoyingly boring. I wouldn't recommend it, but hey, you may have a different take; maybe I've just read so many great books this year that mediocre doesn't cut it any more!



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