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Connie G
Sep 16, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: italy, mystery, historical-fiction, intl-book-discussion
"The Light in the Ruins" is a historical mystery set in Florence and the Tuscan countryside. A killer's sinister thoughts show that he/she wants to destroy the Rosati family. The murderer's calling card is to leave the victims with their hearts cut out in several attacks in 1955. Why are the Rosatis being targeted?

A narrative set in 1943 tells the Rosati family story from the points of view of several members of the family. They owned the Villa Chimera, and had olive groves and vineyards on thei ...more
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Wendy
Nov 15, 2013 marked it as abandoned
Shelves: audiobooks, world-war-ii, historical-fiction
It got great reviews, but I'm finding it so very dull. I don't like the way the bland, repetitive exposition is handled. Or the chronology, which tells you everything that's going to happen up front...and then makes you read through it all again in real-time. Or the complete lack of tension in the mystery. Or the characters I can't bring myself to care about. Or the way the graphic murders are minutely described in gratuitous detail that adds nothing to the story. Recycles all the usual wwii tro ...more
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Debbie Hoffman
Dec 24, 2012 marked it as to-read
Penny (Literary Hoarders)
Jan 31, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own-it
Lea
Mar 27, 2013 marked it as considering-reading
Shelves: historical-fiction
Ryan
May 30, 2013 marked it as to-read
Katy
Jun 02, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: historical-fiction
Allie
Jun 07, 2013 marked it as to-read
Vennie
Jun 08, 2013 marked it as to-read
Valerie Zink
Jun 14, 2013 marked it as to-read
Karen Michele Burns
Jun 18, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: my-5-star-books
Cindie
Jul 02, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: winter-src-2014-15
Kme_17
May 05, 2017 rated it liked it
Luz Aponte-Yanes
Nov 24, 2013 marked it as to-read
Jen
Dec 03, 2013 marked it as to-read
Dot
Dec 11, 2013 rated it really liked it
Bonnie B
Dec 20, 2013 marked it as to-read
Sally
Dec 29, 2013 marked it as to-read
Lindy-Lane
Aug 16, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: history
Lindsay
Aug 15, 2015 marked it as to-read
Foxy Grandma
Nov 13, 2015 marked it as to-read
Meghan
Mar 24, 2016 marked it as to-read
Ligia Lesko
Aug 15, 2017 marked it as to-read
Jayme Pendergraft
May 03, 2018 marked it as did-not-finish
Kate S
Oct 02, 2020 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: owned, 2020
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