I started reading The Embalmer with high hopes and (as cliche as it is) with great expectations.

Only to be disappointed.

So, I thought maybe it was because I expected a lot from the story that it turned out the way it did; so I slept on it; and after finishing the fourth volume the next day, I dropped it.

It wasn't a BAD story but even some (not all) of the gooey-ist stories I've read so far out-shined it.

I felt cold, there was no interaction with the reader, not that the story was not interesting...

It was just... LACKING.


I guess that's the word I was looking for.
Nothing is quickly moving, it is just the steady exploration of the main character and I don't mind that kind of story but the fact that it was slow-paced, I dunno, fake and unreal really bummed me out.

I think if the writer just added some suspense, and one idea happening through out the chapters would have made it much, much more enjoyable but, I don't think that will happen.