Hmph

[the_croupier]

 
Sitting here being increasingly underwhelmed by Steven Gould's Jumper. I'd probably be cutting it more slack if I hadn't had it hyped to me so often. Now that I'm actually into it, I'm finding it very meh.

The dialogue lost me first--often teeth-grinding (one tired phrase after another [like 'cutting it more slack,' for example ;) ], and not even remotely close to how people actually talk.

Then the big twist hits in the middle of the book, and the whole thing falls apart. I still have a few chapters to go, but unless Gould offers a reason for that event that's tied directly to Davy (why such a momentous thing happens to whom it does), this one's ending up on the discard pile.