I don’t want to do this kind of thing — but as I was looking over the books I read this year, I was either angry at the book or really disappointed with myself for wasting time with these three — so I figured I’d say something. Here are my Worst Novels/Biggest Disappointments of 2014 (in alphabetical order):
Poison Fruit
by Jacqueline Carey
My Review
This one just disappointed me so much, I’ll spare the rant. It could’ve been really, really good and it turned into a wreck.
Murder in the Ball Park
by Robert Goldsborough
My Review
It’s just wrong. Goldsborough had 1.5-2 strong Nero Wolfe novels in him, and it started to go downhill. But his last two are a whole new level of rotten. He needs to move on.
The Diner: Why is Church Important?
by Shane Sowers
My Review is forthcoming
The bits of this that are theological dialogues like The Pearl of Christian Comfort or Easy Chairs, Hard Words, are really good — sometimes great. But when it tries to develop (or show) character, when it tries humor? It’s bad. When it tries for plot? It’s just horrible.