Novel with a Grim Financial Warning

The Domino Effect by Davis Bunn

Davis Bunn’s novel warns readers of a coming financial collapse. The main character, Esther Larsen, child prodigy and now grown-up stock market analyst makes a horrifying discovery.  Using her intellect and experience in the stock market, she begins to warn others of her concerns.  The question is:  can one person do anything to prevent the coming crash?

Bunn’s writing was clear, but the story seemed a thinly veiled excuse for a warning.  The characters weren’t as developed as I would have liked, and the plot wasn’t one that kept the reader guessing.  I got lost in much of the financial gibberish.  This is not to say that a more financially savvy reader wouldn’t have appreciated the book more than I did.  However, I was reading for the literary value and not the underlying warning.

I made myself finish the book and was glad I did because it did have a hopeful outcome.  However, I don’t think I would be eager to read a sequel.  This is not to say that he is not a good author, but one whose writing style didn’t click with me.  I received this free book in return for my honest review, which I have given.