A Particularly Nasty Case
There’s a lot of self-loathing to wade through, even though it’s often tempered with Eitan’s caustic sense of humor ... Still, it gets tiresome ... That there is a bit of literary gear-grinding isn’t unexpected. We who are not fluent in Britain’s National Health Service, or Britishisms, for example, might be puzzled occasionally. Same for minor characters who are introduced and then dropped for long periods before being reinserted into the plot. I must admit, there was more than a little backtracking ... Once the novel moves on to Part Two, written from Cole’s perspective, it gets a second wind and the pace quickens ... A conclusion worth waiting for.
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Mordantly funny ... A wonderful guide through the underworld of the absurdities of care under the British National Health Service ... A comic mystery in a fascinating setting.
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Hilarious if uneven ... The plot is a risqué riot ... But all that zaniness comes at a price: the book’s more serious moments fall flat, most of the investigation feels low stakes, and readers are likely to stop caring who the murderer is long before their identity is (clumsily) revealed. Those looking for a lighthearted farce will adore Eitan’s over-the-top antics; more hardcore mystery fans will likely be disappointed.
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