I hate it when I don’t learn my lesson.
A year ago, I read a novel by Chris Pavone. I was disappointed and unimpressed. But apparently, a year is enough time for me to forget that.
I picked up a new novel by Pavone, The Travelers, and was equally unimpressed. In fact, I was even more disturbed than I was after the first book, and decided not to even finish reading this one.
By the time I was just a few chapters into the novel, there were three different, explicitly described, sexual encounters. At that point, I decided that if it happened again, I was finished with the book. Just a few pages further, there was another one.
Plus, the obscenities and foul language occurrences were too numerous to count. I am more than unimpressed. I am disgusted. And that is unfortunate, because from the snippet on the dust jacket, this could have been an incredible story. The plot idea captured my imagination right away, and would have, could have, been incredible.
It’s too bad that Pavone felt the need to include so much unnecessary and disgusting material.
As a result, I will not recommend this book. And it will not remain in my home. The dumpster out back seems like a great place to pitch it.
Ratings & Details For The Travelers by Christ Pavone:
- Genre/Style: Fiction, Thriller, Suspense
- Story/Plot: 3 of 10 stars
- Spiritual Content: 1 of 10 stars (significant sexual content and foul language)
- Readability/Flow: 3 of 10 stars
- Cover: 4 of 10 stars
- Overall Rating: 0 of 10 stars

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I received this book free from Crown Publishers as part of their Blogging For Books blogger review program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.