Phrynne's Reviews > The Quick

This was a good story about a subject I enjoy. The characters started out interesting and full of good intent. The setting was a suitably Gothic London. In fact everything was in place for my total enjoyment so why did I keep skimming whole sections and generally looking forward to being finished? I guess the book was too long for its content. Some sections were repetitive and some not really necessary. And then strangely the whole lives of two of the main characters sped past in a few chapters! Meanwhile I was left wondering what had happened to James in all that time only to get to the end and never really find out. Maybe I missed something or maybe the author is going to write a sequel where we discover the secret of his disappearance. Funnily enough if she writes it I will read it. I must have liked this book a bit to want to follow it up.