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Kiss of the Butterfly
— published 2012 — 3 editions |
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My rating on this one is actually the average of two ratings: one for writing style, one for concept / research / fresh ideas. Kiss of the Butterfly, so far as I know, is a first novel -- and from time to time, it read like one. In writing style,...
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| A fascinating journey through Afghanistan in a Kiplingesque manner that only a mad Scotsman could carry out. Well worth reading for all those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the Afghans. | |
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| She got a prize for this? You've got to be kidding!!!! If you want to read good literature by contemporary authors from the Balkans, try Bosnia's Aleksandar Hemon, Croatia's Slavenka Drakulić, or Serbia's Zoran Živković. Each is fascinating in his/he...more | |
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At some point, vampire novels became modern and flashy. This is not one of those novels. The story begins like a classic horror movie, a glimpse of background, an introduction to the main characters, and it unfolds from there, past and present eve...
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| A great thriller for a long transatlantic airplane ride. However, it became at first too predictable and formulaic, and then just too far outside the realm of reality to retain any form of plausibility. The ending where -- in James Bond fashion -- ev...more | |
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| A well-researched, very colorful intrigue-filled mystery in medieval England. The writing style is good and the story-telling is gripping. I must admit, though, that I felt it ran a bit long in places and could have benefited by being shortened by ab...more | |
“There is a time to laugh and a time not to laugh, and this is not one of them".
-- Inspector Clouseau”
― James Lyon
-- Inspector Clouseau”
― James Lyon
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“There is a time to laugh and a time not to laugh, and this is not one of them".
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― James Lyon
-- Inspector Clouseau”
― James Lyon
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