. . . formulaic. Oddly unpleasant even as I acknowledge the players are all adept, the cinematography crisp and lovely, the quips flying. But no matter . . . it's all flat, heartless and the very essence of disingenuousness. Weird timing. I love the genre, and so kept coming back to give it another chance, but no, I deeply deeply dislike being manipulated and that's what this feels like. It's a definite no for me.
Interestingly, this is exactly how I feel about Patterson's writing, so when I saw that 'Instinct' is based on his work it was an 'aha!' moment for me.
Interestingly, this is exactly how I feel about Patterson's writing, so when I saw that 'Instinct' is based on his work it was an 'aha!' moment for me.