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★★☆☆☆
Good start and an interesting plot that unfortunately bogs down
This story is set in the near future and cloning has enough scientific veracity with animals to give some plausibiltiy to the plot. The beginning chapters were intriguing and I had hopes that the story would be an exciting and entertaining read.
Unfortunately, there is very little in this book that can be categorized as thrilling. It is a sci-fi murder mystery, which I also enjoy, but this one happens to be a boring murder mystery. The writing style has a lot to do with that. It needs more editing and a better flow. It also needs characters that a reader can care about.
The author tries too hard to bring in too many subplots and red herrings and nothing gets more than a superficial analysis. There is very little in the way of characterizations so it becomes hard for a reader to care about what may happen to anyone.
The conclusion seems overly complicated in order to leave enough room for the author to continue the theme in another book. I was just happy to finally get to the end of this one.
