Book Review: 29 Seconds

In 29 Seconds, T. M. Logan delivers a disappointing and unconvincing take on #MeToo. The premise, about a struggling professor seeking to avenge her sexual predator, is part of the book's problem, turning it into a misfire that squanders its potential with lacklustre plotting, superficial characters, and preposterous twists, culminating in a payoff that saps the tale of any authenticity and heft. Logan fumbles the narrative ball and follows along clichéd lines, with the action building to an abrupt and unfulfilling ending that misses the mark. The only thing that works in the story's favour is its whip-crack pacing, which makes for compulsive reading. A derivative, shoddy jumble of kills and spills that produces no genuine thrills.