I“What the river knows” Your review sounds exactly like what I would say. Awful characters, the female lead was annoying & had no depth, beyond crying & not sleeping. The male lead was a smirking, drunk red flag. Neither had any development whatsoever. It was incredibly repetitive & the mystery part of the novel is never solved. The fantastical “magical” elements were just thrown in without any explanation.

It’s advertised as being like the movie The Mummy, it’s insulting to the movie.