Amazon.ca:Customer reviews: The Blue Bar (Blue Mumbai Thriller Book 1)

There are 0 reviews and 2 ratings from Canadawith 1 star

Sydney Bristow

No real depth

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 1, 2022

The story has everything I hate - an annoying female lead whose choices make no sense whatsoever, multiple points of view including the 'mind of the serial killer' (yawn) that adds nothing to the story & several obvious errors from poor editing (a character is going for a bath but takes a shower, isn't hungry at all but is suddenly tucking into a breakfast he's so ravenous). The author switches back & forwards in time during a chapter, but doesn't flag it up properly, so it becomes very confusing & annoying. The killer is obvious from the beginning & the whole story is very dark, with every cliched twist imaginable. It does run along at a pretty good clip however, but I was just left feeling as if it had no real depth or surprises.

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Marsha Webber

very unsatisfying

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 5, 2023

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I found the whole novel a very unsatisfying read, My biggest complaint is that it is riddled with Indian language. Words, phrases, and even whole sentences left gap after gap in the narrative. It not only interfered with the flow but also with the actual meaning. Some of them were translated, but it all was annoying and confusing. I am not unfamiliar with languages other than English - I majored in languages and Linguistics in university. But this was not the place to introduce readers to a dialect of a region in India. Perhaps the author was trying to set the flavor of the setting. It did not work for me. There are many other writers' strategies to do that.

Then, for me, a lot of the actions of the characters were just unbelievable. The final action scene was fractured and impossible to follow.

I will not continue in this series with this author.

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DAE

The blue Bar

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 15, 2023

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A plot that had promise as a serial killer thriller begins to be exposed; gets waylaid by true romance. Sappy romance eventually drowned out everything else in thick gooey 100 percent corn syrup. This is not a novel Amazon should be encouraging mystery readers to purchase. We should be encouraged not to read it. Shame on Amazon. False advertising.

One person found this helpful

Amazon Customer

Hated it

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 29, 2022

Verified Purchase

I read the first 38 pages and I knew this book was not for me. The foreign names and references mean nothing to me. I was willing to try a new read after Columns of fire by Ken Follet, but there’s been nothing but disappointment from Amazon’s free reads for a couple years. I’m going to but Amok by Barry Eisler.

3 people found this helpful

ERIN M.

Blah

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 28, 2023

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I made it as far as page 26 before I had to call it. Maybe something was lost in translation but it bored me to tears and was confusing.

2 people found this helpful

Stephanie Guest

Too confusing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 25, 2023

Verified Purchase

The language was hard to follow. Many of the phrase’s didn’t translate well and the Indian names and places made the story very difficult to follow. Almost painful to get through.

3 people found this helpful

Nedra

It's not worth reading unless you need help falling to sleep.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 8, 2023

Verified Purchase

The book was free but not even worth reading. I tried to give it a chance but finally gave up. Very boring & too many pages. Don't waste your time@

2 people found this helpful

tom

I TRIED. I REALLY DID.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 15, 2022

Verified Purchase

THE LONG AND UNPRONOUNCEABLE INDIAN NAMES FINALLY WORE ME OUT. IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THERE WAS A NEW ONE ON EVERY PAGE. IF YOU SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, GREAT. I DON'T.

6 people found this helpful

Amie B. Rumph

Free book….awful

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 26, 2022

Verified Purchase

I only read this because it was one of the options for my free read. I wish I had chosen another one!

3 people found this helpful

Big Daddy

Distractions overwhelm the story

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 9, 2022

Verified Purchase

Interesting story line. However, too many strange name distractions. Lost interest in ploughing ahead. Decided not to waste time and bailed after 78 pages.

7 people found this helpful

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