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A quick read (164 pages - the rest of the book was excerpts from The Siege), I found the pace of the story easy to get through. As with any translation, I wonder how much is lost as there is little complexity to the language. One thing I am not a fan of is too much repetition. This novel even had verbatim repetition of key sentences as the detective mulled over the case, which sounds reasonable of the author now but it read funny.
Plotwise, I am in awe of writers who can come up with "twists." No ...more
Plotwise, I am in awe of writers who can come up with "twists." No ...more
