Not quite up to Lodge's standard

If you - like me now for seven years - an avid reader Lodge is, then you would probably be a little disappointed by THINKS ... As always at Lodge this book is great researched and believed Lodge's figures; immersing formally into their world, be it now the literary microcosm or the circle of scientists who strives to address the mystery of consciousness and brain function. (Peculiar: there are at Lodge rarely - if ever - credibly written Representative lower social strata)
In THINKS ... meets a writer on a hard-nosed representatives of the thesis, emotions are only brain function ion. He is married, she has recently widow ... well, what this constellation comes down? The weak point of this book is precisely that the plot is very predictable, moreover lengthy constructed as in other of his books (eg masterpiece NICE WORK, SMALL WORLD or Home Truths). Not even the great gift Lodge's just to watch and wonderful to work out the peculiarities of Chara Tere, nothing: it just will, except in the last 20 or so pages, not really come up voltage.
Of course, the insights, the Lodge gives us through the eyes of his characters, always demanding, true to life (or inspired by the death) and give us an opportunity to rethink our own position again - but honestly that has lodge a lot better made. Or Lodge has not changed in the seven years but only I?
You'll be the judge of that, I was certainly a little disappointed. Nevertheless, this book is because it is precisely by Lodge and not by M. Keyes, better and more challenging (perhaps therefore also harder to read) than most of which occur in cloning legions "help-I'll-30-I-can- me-not-bind-I-hate-IKEA-what-now "books.
Rule of thumb: If you like Keyes and Gayle, Lowe or Baddiel, can a taster, here, to see how a man of the world, experience and education on the subject "relationship mess" rangeht. To enter into Lodge's work suitable but far isses not the best of him (but just SMALLWORLD or NICE WORK). Nick Hornby's About a Boy or HI FIDELITY comes THINKS my opinion not ran.