Title: Chance
Author: Kem Nunn
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Summary: Dr. Eldon Chance is a neuropsychiatrist who is on a path of self-destruction. Recently divorced, he becomes entangled with Jaclyn Blackstone, a woman who appears to have multiple personalities and also happens to be married to an abusive and dirty Oakland detective. Chance has also recently befriended Carl and D, who refinish furniture, among other talents.
Review: This book seemed so promising to me but I just couldn't get into it. Chance is described as an antihero in the book jacket and I would agree wholeheartedly with that description. He's pathetic. His affair with Jaclyn is pathetic. He puts his career at stake. And you know he's smarter than that, and he knows he's smarter than that, but Jaclyn is his kryptonite. The climax, a showdown between Carl, the abusive husband, Carl and D is interesting, yet also felt like a cop out. I kept thinking there was going to be a twist to make it more interesting, like Chance was crazy and imagined the whole thing, but that never happened.
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