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Summary: Lovesey special
Review: This is not a shoot'm up in the American style. It's a classic slow leisurely British who-done-it. Mr. Lovesey has a distinctive airy prose style that requires some investment on the part of the reader. Unfortunatly, this investment was not rewarded in the earlier novels in this series. The later novels (the last two in particular) have been much better. Mr. Lovesey seems to have realized that the frenzied plot gimmicks so dear to American writers aren't going to work for him (although he STILL reverts occasionally). Mr. Lovesey has a remarkable knack for the slow and simultaneous development of seemingly unrelated plots and sub-plots, charactors and sub-charactors. You wonder how they can possibly be related, how they can all be brought together and make sense. A Lovesey denouement can be almost as long as the development; as he slowly unravels his complicated plot. And great fun to boot!
Rating: 
Summary: Plot plods while characters bore readers.
Review: What a disappointment. Being from the colonies (U.S) Perhaps my disdain for this "novel" can be explained by my inability to enter into the depth charge caverns of the British mind. But, since I applaud Rendell, Reginald Hill and some of Rankin, I can not be accused of some kind of prejudice against the mother country. Poor plotting, even worse characterization and s shallow main character make this one of the worst books I have read in many a year. Diamonds, sliamonds, Why doesn't England stop writing suspense novels, until the have absorbed Connelly and Cook. Shallow and poorly written, this story makes the Brit tabloids seem like Austen.
Rating:
Summary: Plot plods while characters bore readers.
Review: What a disappointment. Being from the colonies (U.S) Perhaps my disdain for this "novel" can be explained by my inability to enter into the depth charge caverns of the British mind. But, since I applaud Rendell, Reginald Hill and some of Rankin, I can not be accused of some kind of prejudice against the mother country. Poor plotting, even worse characterization and s shallow main character make this one of the worst books I have read in many a year. Diamonds, sliamonds, Why doesn't England stop writing suspense novels, until the have absorbed Connelly and Cook. Shallow and poorly written, this story makes the Brit tabloids seem like Austen.
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