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Review Date: 5/10/2015
older edition. Writing sometimes gets a little too cutesy to be helpful.
Review Date: 9/23/2012
Helpful Score: 1
Reader friends whose opinions I respect gave me mixed reviews about this book. Those who loved it raved about it. Others said they couldn't get past the first 200 pages. Having read it for myself, I understand both views. As I neared the end of the book I began to feel it was too long, needed editing. Now that I have finished it I would say it was not length but size:the book was too big; the author attempted too much. Essentially it's a simple story handsomely crafted, but there were so many themes introduced and not fully developed: what does family mean? what is true forgiveness? what is the relationship between love and work, between passion and obsession? And on. There were too many not successfully developed. Gandhi at Our Lady says if the patient has more than 7 tubes he's going to die. Perhaps the same can be said for a book that is hooked up to more than 2 continents.
Review Date: 12/21/2008
Melrose does most of the sleuthing in this book. Richard Jury doesn't arrive until the last third of the book. Some interesting background stories reveal more about the regular characters in this Grimes series. It's set in wonderful Cornwall where the land lends itself to mysterious events.
Review Date: 7/17/2012
Lots of patterns. Easy to follow.
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