Kristen Heitzmann

Police Chief Jonah Westfall investigates when two raccoons are found mutilated in Redford, Colorado, hoping to stop the crimes before they escalate, as he faces problems of his own and drug trafficking in the town.

A Novel

Indivisible

Jeni Enjaian

Oh my word. Gag.
What an awful book. I can't believe that I actually finished. Well, I finished because the narrative was structurally sound, the actual words and syntax that is. Everything else grated on my nerves and Heitzmann used to be one of my favorite authors.
First, she shifts between so many different character perspectives making it almost impossible to determine a protagonist of the book. Within the first chapter she shifts three times.
Second, she insists on portraying love as physical attraction and describing female characters from major to minor in objectifying ways. For example, the supposedly stand up police chief happens to observe that this former high school classmate of his has a rather ample, jiggling bosom. Seriously?
Third, for no reason whatsoever she included this sentence from the perspective of Liz describing Tia, the love interest. "She liked her, though ordinarily she was wary of exotic-looking women." Excuse me? Where did that come from? Why on earth would we need this random, utterly unnecessary racist comment? It served absolutely no purpose in the book and also made no sense given Heitzmann's previous descriptions of Tia, the female protagonist.
Fourth, I could predict everything a mile off. No suspense whatsoever. 

Utterly terrible.

Indivisible A Novel

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