132,564
edits
Changes
From TheBookbag
Jump to navigationJump to searchno edit summary
Overall, I enjoyed reading ''Sleepyhead''; mostly because of the unusual way the murders were committed and because of the good use Billingham made of the character of Alison. The leading characters (Thorne, Holland & Hendricks) worked OK, but the first two were perhaps bit too formulaic for my liking.
The problems I had related mostly to a stumbling writing style, especially in the sections written from Thorne's perspective; the construction of the novel could also be improved by removal of some of the scenes. Despite its faults it was certainly a promising debut and I have to say that the next instalment of DI Thorne's story [[''Scaredy Cat]] '' was significantly improved.
[[Mark Billingham's D I Tom Thorne Novels in Chronological Order]]
