Books Review: ‘A Month of Doomsdays’ by William W. Johnstone
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jun.25, 2023, under Books
A Month of Doomsdays by William W. Johnstone
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
The third entry in the Brannigan series has me believing this is the weakest series currently being written out of the Johnstone Clan. This one does have a good plot of standard western characters. It comes across more as one where a family is shoved into it and unbalanced to whole. Much as the last two books did.
The characters are all bumbling about and no one seems to have a keen view of what they are doing. Having a 15 year old as the focus helps a bit, as 15 year olds tend to bumble about anyway.
The writing devise of having no one listening to the kid is too obvious. All to, seemingly, prolong, or pad, the story. Thing is, when realization dawns to characters it is too quickly embraced, resolved and done. Furthering me to believe this was needless padding of the book.
There are also far two many melodramatic, emotional elements dropped in that are out of place and don’t fit the rhythm of the tale. As with the last entry, was there more than one writer assembling this? Is the end the result of editor meddling.
As with the other two….
Bottom line: I don’t recommend this book. 4 out of ten points.
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