Book Review: Black Water Rising may've been disappointing because of the hype. I'd heard such good things that my expectations might have been unreasonably high. I loved the premise, the social commentary was good, the characters were fine, but the plot was slow and the mystery not too mysterious. I had little trouble putting the book down, which is a bad sign when reading suspense. This is the first novel in Attica Locke's "Jay Porter" series, so a certain amount of table setting is expected, but there was waaaay too much back story and angsty flashbacks. Cleverly setting the novel in 1981, pre-cell phones and Google, Locke opens up the possible story lines, but it also led to some factual and historical blemishes. A fine read, no real problems, but Black Water Rising didn't make the next volume in the series (Pleasantville) irresistible. [3★]
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