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Lame story, hobbled execution

Revisado: 10-11-12

What would have made The Last Sherlock Holmes Story better?

not writing it

Would you ever listen to anything by Michael Dibdin again?

sure

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator was OK, just the story was really stupid.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Not really.

Any additional comments?

I figured how the "mystery" would resolve from the first chapter. It was also just pointlessly gruesome.

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From Gary to Scumspawn in two easy seasons

Revisado: 09-07-10

Andy Hamilton is God, No, correct that, he's Satan.

Americans will miss the topical references to British pop culture, but no one will miss the digs at evangelists, CEOs, scientists and humanity in general. Andy Hamilton has created a hell where Jane Austen heckles the Prince of the Underworld, where Elvis vies with Edith Piaf for annoying soundtracks and where Shakespeare reveals that the real writer of all "his" plays is a candy vendor named Trevor. One advisory: listen to two or three at a time otherwise you risk a muscle tear from laughing too hard.

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Poor thought meet bad writing

Revisado: 09-07-10

I had heard that this book offers clear insights into economic theory. Nope, no insights, but that's largely because the author couldn't hold a critical thought in his head if his life depended upon it. I've read econ textbooks with more verve than this.

All this book offers is the disproven and simplistic pop theory called "supply side economics" but he adds the insult of political posturing badly masked as research. The narrator has a voice that will bore you to tears, then send you searching for a blunt object to pound the life out of your iPod. The insanely circular logic and the flat sentence syntax are not the machines' fault, but the author is probably in hiding. If not he should be, if only out of embarrassment at publishing this mess.

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