*3.5
i did like this, but somehow not as much as the first one.
maybe it is the way this series seeme
s to make all gay characters villains in one way or another, and the only black character a racist. i don't know if i would have noticed this as much if i didn't know about the author's politics and maybe i should ignore that (he'd certianly think so), but i'm not sure.
i really enjoyed susan and her fiancees relationship, the way it wasn't all just a straight line but bumps, the way they found back together.
i wasn't the biggest fan of who came out to be murderers (a little too much psychopathy), but i was proud that i guessed quite some of the clues (samantha and the alledged murderers relationship, the doctor's guilt as well as the assistant's). i wasn't fond od the lionel red herring because i had koticed it and it being random wasn't satisfying.
i didn't think aden was a good villain at all. it came out od no where and there is the homophobic undertones and strange characterization (he was very kind to the child i believe) and what the hell was the thing with the nanny?
the leo-thing was a strike of genious. as was making the narrator an editor who notices all the riddles and details, so much nice pay off