Review of The Judge part 1 and 2
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Review of The Judge part 1 and 2
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Peter Ritchie is a solicitor in London who lives an unremarkable life. He works, eats, sleeps and repeats with his Barrister girlfriend, Naomi Brahman. The only part of his work that stands out until now is his penchant for seeing that his clients receive fair trials, taking many legal aid cases, and his obsession with any abuse of police powers. Peter is asked to identify the body of one of his clients, Bobby Black, who has died under suspicious circumstances, thought to be a sexual act gone wrong with the police “not looking for anyone else”. Peter cannot help himself, wanting to understand what has happened to Bobby and find justice for him, Peter follows the leads presented to him on a deadly chase with so much to lose.
The Judge part 1 and 2 by Ian RB Morris is an eventful read, which keeps the reader enthralled with the whodunnit question and wanting to know the fate of the characters involved. Morris had me thrown for most of the book, with things only coming together for me as Peter starts to think in that direction – a very clever plot. This book would appeal to anyone who enjoys crime thrillers, and potentially a wider audience as there were no incidents of foul language.
I enjoyed the twists and turns of the story, as well as the character development of those involved. Morris is not afraid to enter the mind of the character at a particular point and fill in the context through memories. Although this momentarily side steps from the storyline, it does not detract from the speed or flow of the story.
I did have some issues with the formatting of the book. It has not been professionally edited, and there are many errors throughout ranging from typos and missing words to grammatical errors, which do cause you to stop and re-read sentences to make sense of them. If these could be fixed for a future edition of the book, it would improve the read quality immensely.
In addition, the formatting of paragraphs is not consistent. For the most part, there is a line space between each paragraph. However, this changes when speech is involved to no line space between paragraphs, which creates a large block of text and has sometimes led to errors of understanding which character is speaking which line.
I would rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. I could not give four stars due to the number of errors found which did detract from the flow. However, the cleverness of the story still shines through, and is well worth the read.
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The Judge part 1 and 2
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Peter Ritchie is a solicitor in London who lives an unremarkable life. He works, eats, sleeps and repeats with his Barrister girlfriend, Naomi Brahman. The only part of his work that stands out until now is his penchant for seeing that his clients receive fair trials, taking many legal aid cases, and his obsession with any abuse of police powers. Peter is asked to identify the body of one of his clients, Bobby Black, who has died under suspicious circumstances, thought to be a sexual act gone wrong with the police “not looking for anyone else”. Peter cannot help himself, wanting to understand what has happened to Bobby and find justice for him, Peter follows the leads presented to him on a deadly chase with so much to lose.
The Judge part 1 and 2 by Ian RB Morris is an eventful read, which keeps the reader enthralled with the whodunnit question and wanting to know the fate of the characters involved. Morris had me thrown for most of the book, with things only coming together for me as Peter starts to think in that direction – a very clever plot. This book would appeal to anyone who enjoys crime thrillers, and potentially a wider audience as there were no incidents of foul language.
I enjoyed the twists and turns of the story, as well as the character development of those involved. Morris is not afraid to enter the mind of the character at a particular point and fill in the context through memories. Although this momentarily side steps from the storyline, it does not detract from the speed or flow of the story.
I did have some issues with the formatting of the book. It has not been professionally edited, and there are many errors throughout ranging from typos and missing words to grammatical errors, which do cause you to stop and re-read sentences to make sense of them. If these could be fixed for a future edition of the book, it would improve the read quality immensely.
In addition, the formatting of paragraphs is not consistent. For the most part, there is a line space between each paragraph. However, this changes when speech is involved to no line space between paragraphs, which creates a large block of text and has sometimes led to errors of understanding which character is speaking which line.
I would rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. I could not give four stars due to the number of errors found which did detract from the flow. However, the cleverness of the story still shines through, and is well worth the read.
******
The Judge part 1 and 2
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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