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Summary: Mystery with a side of Schmaltz
Review: As a New Yorker who likes her mystery novels, I definitely enjoyed Dead Air. Of course, knowing a bissel of Yiddish helped. But I don't know the Northwest and appreciated Mr. Goldberg's descriptions which practically take you there. His characters are people we all know and love (that is, if you know anyone from the Left or Right). The author brings his own judgements to the table (of course), but they don't overwhelm you.The kind of book that almost made me miss my subway stop!
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Summary: Not much of a mystery, but good local flavor
Review: I don't know where the two previous reviews came up with 5 stars for this one. Ugghhhhhh! The only thing that kept me reading this was that I ordered it through Amazon and paid the extra service charge to get the book. Having paid the additional money I was determined that I would read this book no matter what it took. This book first of all was extremely disappointing in that the previous reviews prompted me to buy it. Here's a slew of reasons why it was one of the worst mysteries I have read. 1. The story moved slow (like at a snail's pace). It takes almost halfway into the book to get to the mystery noted on the back. There isn't any quality build up to that point. The book moves a long in a series of tangents that are meaningless and you don't need any more insight into the main character Lenny Schneider. 2. The mystery and solution are so unbelievably weak. It's as simple as that. 3. The whole book is extremely boring. I was hoping for a mystery with some insight into a Jewish detective as stated in the other reviews. I didn't find it. To belabor this more would only be cruel, but suffice it to say if you are looking for a good mystery skip this one. Save your money. I wish I had.
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Summary: Just plain bad & disappointing
Review: I don't know where the two previous reviews came up with 5 stars for this one. Ugghhhhhh! The only thing that kept me reading this was that I ordered it through Amazon and paid the extra service charge to get the book. Having paid the additional money I was determined that I would read this book no matter what it took. This book first of all was extremely disappointing in that the previous reviews prompted me to buy it. Here's a slew of reasons why it was one of the worst mysteries I have read. 1. The story moved slow (like at a snail's pace). It takes almost halfway into the book to get to the mystery noted on the back. There isn't any quality build up to that point. The book moves a long in a series of tangents that are meaningless and you don't need any more insight into the main character Lenny Schneider. 2. The mystery and solution are so unbelievably weak. It's as simple as that. 3. The whole book is extremely boring. I was hoping for a mystery with some insight into a Jewish detective as stated in the other reviews. I didn't find it. To belabor this more would only be cruel, but suffice it to say if you are looking for a good mystery skip this one. Save your money. I wish I had.
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Summary: Not much of a mystery, but good local flavor
Review: The caper is strictly by the numbers -- I figured out whodunit long before Goldberg's protagonist. But this book will still be enjoyable for anyone familiar with the Portland countercultural scene of the early to mid '90s, especially the milieu surrounding community station KBOO and related local grass-roots media. Any resemblance to real persons living or dead is probably pretty accurate, but you can't prove anything!!
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