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I found this book on the New Fiction shelf at the library, and was really excited! I've read the first novel of the Hidden Cities, and rather enjoyed it. I'm in love with New Orleans, so to have a novel set this beautiful and enigmatic city just flipped my flapjacks.

The descriptions are both beautiful and horrifying, portraying the post-Katrina devastation. I was liking the protagonist, and getting pulled into the mystery and magic of NOLA.

Then the authors started dropping the F-bomb. Like films, I don't need my prose squeaky clean, I understand the dramatic effect of a well placed swear. However, when every exclamation contains a four letter word, it hits my offense meter. I had to put this book down only a few chapters in, because I couldn't stomach the characters' language. Tragic, imho, as Golden paints an exquisite portrait of wonder and despair. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77511232 to: Just Another Judgement Day (Nightside, # 9) by Simon R. Green
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77515884 to: Insomnia (Paperback) by Stephen King
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