Interesting story. The main female character was quite unlikeable ...
923559
Interesting story.  The main female character was quite unlikeable, and it was obvious she would get herself into trouble.  Interesting male lead character.  Story had some suspense and darkness but you always knew what the ending would be.
958237
This story was interesting with lots of potential, but alas, I was disappointed in the heroine.  She seemed lukewarm to me.  She didn't have much strength to her and I found her to not be particularly likeable.  I wanted to find a reason to care about her and what happens but found that her background story didn't have enough in it for me to become sympathetic to her plight.  What did grab me was the hero in the story.  I wanted to see him find an HEA and a way out of his self-inflicted isolation.  Overall, the children characters where refreshing and I can see why many would enjoy this book.  I simply found the sizzle factor relatively low and desparate; a female lead I did not find myself cheering for; along with seeing the main bad guy simply walk away is why I have 3 starred this one.
704710
Again, a talented author who seems unable to portray a strong female lead without reducing her to the level of a snarky adolescent.  Sara is so grating, so rude and so determined to be "independent," one is left wondering why the male lead doesn't just let the big bads have her.  There was much to like about the story, and the author is a true storyteller, but please, please work on your girl's personality.  There's a huge chasm between clever banter and petulant bitchiness.
1565843
I liked this book because I found the story to be at once disturbing and intriguing. My main drawback, however, was the characters; all three of the main characters were extremely disappointing and irritating women.  By the end of the book I found that I resented their stupidity and lack of intuition rather than sympathized with the extent to which their lives had been destroyed.
1218308
Different storyline for sure, but not one I cared for. the poor main character certainly suffered a lot, and I am not fond of that type of story.
1007088
I enjoyed it well enough, but I did not like the main character.  She was acerbically herself, and I found her commitment to what she saw as freedom as self-indulgent and difficult.  Her defense of her personality was as one dimensional as she thought everyone else.  It had a few twists and surprises, but her rigidity and closed, self-centered position were tiring to me.
2158090
Interesting but not a page turner.  The main character was somewhat annoying in her constantly selfish actions.
1178822
Intriguing storyline, but hated the main character.
3678027
The story is decent, but the main character seems a little inconsistent. I was never quite sure if the author wants her to be a heroine or a victim, but there were a lot of pieces of the story that didn't fit all the way. I personally don't care enough for the characters to want to read the series.
4574210
English, some language was not familiar to me but the basic story line was interesting. I cannot say I "liked" the main character, she was cold and distant. The main male character, who had died as the story began would have been someone worth knowing and he was through flashbacks. This book was somewhat different from the mysteries I usually read but I found it interesting.
3159444
The beginning shows the main female character with a clear bias towards any man.  The author puts too many "male chauvinistic characteristics" in the lead female as she repeatedly belittles and dominates the men around her.
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1414614
The storyline was awesome.  Here's my dilemma, I just don't cAre for the way the characters carried it.  I couldn't stand the female at all.  She was either a bitch, confused, a runner, or a whiner.  I found no redeeming qualities about her.
4681434
I enjoyed the story but found lead female, Brenda, really obnoxious.  She is a selfish bore.  Has some insight that she is overwhelming but doesn't try to adjust.  I know it's a story but it was uncomfortable.
4732588
The protagonist was extremely unlikeable.  This seems to be a highly autobiographical novel.  I feel sorry for the women who have shared this immature man's life.
2432820
I liked the fact that the main character is a female forensic scientist  from the middle ages. BUT, be forwarned the villian in this story is sexually torturing and murdering small children, and there were sections I found sickening.  Hence the low star rating.
4474274
Story wasn't bad. Main female character a little hypocritical. Main male character wishy-washy. Ending makes you wait for 2nd book. I don't have enough interest to continue for two more books.
2373094
I felt that the story itself had great potential. But  I didn't like and didn't relate to the main character. She seemed to me a gold digger so it was hard for me to like her or to empathize with her.