FICTION

The String Diaries

by Stephen Lloyd Jones
Mulholland: Little, Brown. Jul. 2014. 432p. ISBN 9780316254465. $26; ebk. ISBN 9780316254441. F
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Hannah Wilde is on the run with her injured husband and young daughter. Their enemy is a shape-shifting monster known as Jakab who has been hunting and murdering Hannah's family for generations. While seeking a refuge where her family can hide and hopefully recuperate, Hannah realizes that the only way they will ever be truly safe is if she can somehow stop Jakab once and for all. Debut author Jones weaves together various points of view (Hannah, her father, Jakab) as well as time lines in this supernatural tale of revenge and obsession.
VERDICT Unfortunately, the main characters are two-dimensional, and fail to evolve over the course of the novel. Jones devotes his energy to pumping up the action at the expense of a logical or imaginative plot. Best for readers who want some mindless violence and a generic bad guy.
Reviewed by Laurel Bliss, San Diego State Univ. Lib. , Jun 01, 2014
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