A Study in Charlotte

honestly, at first i wasn't very impressed with this book. i found myself forcing myself to read it when i wasn't actually too keen. the beginning of the book was quite slow and none of the characters were interesting. charlotte seemed to parallel the tv version of sherlock holmes and it made her character seem like an unoriginal take on a holmes character. i did like the attempts at making her seem more human than tv sherlock through her sexual assault and substance abuse, but for most of the book she was very unlikeable and had little character development. BUT as i got to the last 10% of the book i found myself unable to stop reading - charlotte had gone soft for jamie AND was finally solving the mystery. this last 10% of the book redeemed the plot for sure, i think the looooong intro of the characters put me off in the beginning. in the end, i thought it was a fun read and i'll likely read the next book in the series.