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Mike Finn
is 25% done
This one isn’t for me. It’s turning into a family melodrama rather than a murder mystery and it’s a family that I’’m not interested in. I’m setting it aside.
— Aug 30, 2026 03:06PM
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Mike Finn
is 18% done
The prose has improved a little. I don’t see the need the geography of the town to be explained in so much detail that I could navigate through it.
I’m a little put off by the complacent southern English middle class world view. It’s authentic enough but that doesn’t make it interesting.
— Aug 30, 2026 08:15AM
I’m a little put off by the complacent southern English middle class world view. It’s authentic enough but that doesn’t make it interesting.
Mike Finn
is 10% done
I’m struggling with this. I like the set up and the idea of the main character. BUT the writing is dragging the story down. Too many details that serve no purpose, I don’t need to be told our heroine fastened her seatbelt when she got into the car.
I’ll give this another chapter to pick up or I’m done.
— Aug 30, 2026 02:55AM
I’ll give this another chapter to pick up or I’m done.

