One dimensional characters
350958
I feel compelled to write this review. I fought hard to get through this book and thought it was really promising in the beginning but then I ended up with the same issues as some other reviewers. The main character is just one-dimensional and not interesting.

The book started out great but then (and this isn't a big spoiler since it happens in the beginning and is basically the premise of the entire book) he ends up in cryogenic freeze for 13 years. Here is what's annoying about this.....they defrost him and say "hey go be a spy" and he is like "sure" and then boom he is a spy. The dude lost everything. His job, his family, his LIFE but he doesn't even blink an eyelash. And the author explains nothing about how hard this life-changing event affected him. Not a blip of emotion on the radar. As a matter of fact, it's not even explained that he lost both his parents while he was frozen until a hundred pages later. So the guy wakes up with no idea that he has actually been asleep for 13 years and then finds out that his parents are dead and this doesn't phase him at all? This was why I ultimately chose not to finish the book. For the record, I battled on. I made it to the part where he goes back to earth but then this happens and he doesn't even think "I wonder how my bestfriend is doing" or "geez, I wonder if my cousins are doing well?" I decided to stop reading.

It had great potential but the fact that the characters don't feel human emotion made me not care about what happened to them.
3877833
There was not much character development, and the most action was found in the 1/3 told by the bird.  The font was really big and the page numbers few, so it is an easy read in one sitting.  Not really worth the purchase, but did finish it rather than set aside.
4049315
The concepts are interesting, but the author spent little time on conveying a sense of the characters or the world in which they live.  The overall impression is wooden and rushed.
2199962
The author has a good reputation and a plethora of books published.  I found the characters to be totally one dimensional.  The women were all good, compassionate, brillant, and worthy wariors.  There were two kinds of male characters:  the all bad, evil to the core villans and the good men who were deeply flawed and were barely able to keep their animalistic side under control.

The story line was interesting and kept me reading to the end in spite of the shallow characters.  The real disappointment was that, after digging through to the very end, I still don't know who killed Eve's little girl, whether Eve's beloved soul mate will survive, or what happened to the father of Eve's dead daughter.

I will not spend a penny on the sequel.  At this point I could care less how this all turns out.
3332104
The mysteries I enjoy don't have to be realistic but they do need plausibility and intelligent characters.  While I was at first pleased to find important Christian characters that were not the cliched priest or pastor, the characters were laughably two-dimensional. The main characters are exceptionally good-looking, conveniently single, and amazing at their jobs.  CSI-Miami anyone? She is a brilliant computer forensics expert working for the FBI and drives a sporty red Miata, he is a tortured homicide detective who struggles to raise a teenage daughter and drives a ford Mustang, his partner is newly and happily married and drives a Corvette. And the mystery?  Ummm - you figure it our less than half-way through the book.  Yes, I wanted an easy read but not completely mindless.
1002745
The story premise was different, but the characters were one dimensional. You knew the story had to somehow conclude the way it did. When you finally arrived at the so-called twist, you really didn't care. It was ok.
4480214
I picked this up based on reviews highlighting the authenticity of the police procedures.  Big mistake.  These characters are 1-dimensional made for TV movie types.  Sorry to be so blunt.
2291454
I've had this sitting in my Kindle app for months and finally decided to start reading it the other day. All I can say is I'm glad I got it for free.

The characters are one dimensional and the main character seems to be 'Mr. Perfect' with all the right answers milli-seconds upon encountering a person, place or thing. I'm on location 5565 out of 6300 and have plodded along just to see if perhaps the book might have some redeeming value.

The storyline is good but the execution...well to me is lacking. It reminds me of a Rambo or Steven Seigal type of movie. You might like that genre, but I don't.

There is no such thing as one man having ALL the answers ALL the time. Combine that with the one dimensional aspect and I give just had to give it one star.
1445128
Just a little too righteous for my taste and character very one dimensional.  Could not sympathize with heroine and was cheering for hero to get over her and move on.
3123930
It's okay. The characters are pretty one-dimensional and the forays into their inner demons seems forced. Interesting concept though and I'll probably read the next one.
482988
The story is predictable. The characters are like-able but not very real.  I wouldn't read the rest of the series based on this one book
1078106
This movie was such a disappointment. I couldn't even finish it because the characters were 1 dimensional, and not in a silly fun way.
3838597
The characters are told in an extreme one-dimensional sense. Very little  traits are included beyond the necessities needed to drive the story along. The out-of towner returning home all-grown up is a classic archetype, yet, the telling of this tale offers nothing that is either original, or evocative. There was nothing pulling one into the narrative, nor the characters, because their presence, up to and including the lead protagonist, existed soley to drive the 'home-coming' plot; when it should have been the characters themselves driving the plot.
4094323
We thought the characters were unbelievable and one dimensional.

The entire book was a collection of the author's disjointed fantasies.
3403852
This book had an interesting plot and lots of twists and turns but the characters were very one-dimensional. I just really did't care about what happened to anyone. With more character development, this could have been a good read. I got to the end but only just.
4330863
I found the show neither up lifting or positive. I know what they were trying to accomplish, but it fell short in my estimation.
The characters were pretty much one dimensional. I will give credit to the premise. The only emotion it evoked was pity for the son.
2095132
The characters are one dimensional and each lives up to the stereotype as presented (whether in earlier books or here): vengeful, selfish, brave, etc.
The plot is full of double crosses, mis-directions, paranoia and pure-hearts rewarded.
No longer a mystery series; this one is more in the nature of a melodrama or mystery play.
Once I was a fan of this series; now I will avoid it.