Week Forty Six: Zen and the Art of Murder

It seemed like a good premise and it started interestingly, but by about a third of the way through it didn't change pace, or pick up or really grab my attention.

Not that mysterious and not that exciting, apart from confusing bursts of sudden death, it felt a little empty by the end.

Peppered with Buddhist ideas and history, it felt a little shoehorned in and the villains had no real threat or idea as to why and what they were doing.

Not bad exactly but not the gripping exceptional novel that the awards promised.

Maybe it was more exciting in German...