Walter J. (reading-is-bliss) - , reviewed on 4/6/2020 + 73 more book reviews

Baldacci has long been one of my favorite authors, a really versatile writer who has written many good books, all of which I have read. But as for One Good Deed, early into it, I found myself reacting to the dialogue and interactions between characters with distaste. I would remind myself that the time setting of the story was very soon after WWII had ended and that was surely a factor in how people talked. Still, the dialogue struck me as so hokey and the characters not very believable. Repeatedly, I would read four or five pages and find myself feeling so disgusted I'd close the book and do something else. My nature is such that even when I read a book I don't like I feel compelled to finish it which is why it took me like 3 weeks to finally get through this one. The thing is I am not exactly sure why it struck me this way. The plot was quite clever but that is about the only positive thing I can say. My bottom line impression was, had this book been written by someone that was not a New York Times #1 Bestselling Author, it would never have been chosen for publication.

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