Des’s Reviews > Death and the Burlesque Maiden > Status Update

Glad to say, it’s actually gotten a lot better the further on in the book I’ve gotten.

I want to like this book so much, but so far the characters are just too one dimensional, like stock characters almost. One villain, one genius autistic person, one bad ass woman with a dark past, and the sexy comic relief. Oh and an orphan. I also hate the drink they all imbibe in: “stink eye.” Plus the whole narrator “breaking the fourth wall as another character” thing really isn’t working.