Ratna Prabha
Book Title: Already Seen
Author – Blake Pierce
Laura Frost is the protagonist, an FBI agent prone to receiving “visions” about future events. I liked the premise and fairly racy narrative. Yet perhaps because I’ve seen many FBI-based series, I found all characters a wee bit cliched. It’s a “seen that done that” kind of book with little originality in the ideas.
In fact, after a point, some of the “visions” became tedious enough for me to want to skip them. But I resisted that urge as I was planning to review the book and I didn’t want to miss out on something important, including quality of writing, maybe a new way of seeing things, etc. But I was disappointed even if the writing itself was okay.
However, it’s not a total put-off at all. As I said earlier, the racy narrative does get you hooked on a little bit and you are likely to feel drawn to it, at least if you’ve already started it, to know who is the culprit. A good one for travel too. Will I read the second book? Nah!
Haven’t read the book but have to agree with you.
OTT platforms have offered a diverse range of reality shows and factual series, making it increasingly challenging for authors to captivate our imagination. With the influence of shows like The Mentalist, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Forensic Files, it has indeed become harder for writers to compete with the compelling narratives and detailed portrayals presented in these programs.
Indeed, Suchi, it’s getting increasingly difficult for content creators to satisfying the evergrowing need of highly enlightened audience.