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Sorry to get to the end

Revisado: 12-17-23

All the books in this series and the narration have been splendid. There is a pleasing depth to the writing that keeps the story interesting. The narration is a delight.

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A wonderful plot splendidly woven and delightfully read.

Revisado: 09-29-23

Such a well crafted tale. Perhaps the best of the DC Smith tales. I so sorry to have finished it 😟.

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A well-trodden path

Revisado: 09-23-23

Susan Ericksen is always a joy as she brings the familiar “In death” characters to life. Followers of the “in death” story template will enjoy the story. However, I found that it dragged a little in the middle section, but lifted as the usual grilling of the villains while the regular support team looked on was as enjoyable as usual.

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What a delight 😀

Revisado: 06-06-23

An excellent story so well told. The plot with “then” / “now” is clever and convincing. The reader is so very good.

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Such a disappointing read that i gave up.

Revisado: 08-06-21

I am afraid that this story is so poorly written, with extraordinarily banal dialogue that i could not finish listening and returned it to Audible. I can only imagine that the performers rolled their eyes as the had to speak the dialogue. When there are so many great writers in the Audible catalogue, i don’t want to waste time on this book.

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Enjoyably involving next stage in Ruth's life

Revisado: 03-14-21

Elly Griffiths manages, yet again, to weave a satisfyingly involving and complex tale around the life of Dr. Ruth Galloway. I fact, I enjoyed this book even more than the previous one because various candidates for "chief villain" took centre stage as the story unfolded and the uncertainty that that presents to the reader makes the journey hard to put aside for the mundane task of daily life. Jane Mc Dowell gives her usual superb performance as the storyteller.

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Disappointing mixture of plot and polemic

Revisado: 08-09-20

I have enjoyed all of the Gabriel Allon books prior to this one very much indeed. However, in this case, it feels to me as if Daniel Silva has cobbled together a mix of Gabriel Allon's characteristic well-plotted adventures with a ranting political polemic. While I share Mr Silva's rather obvious concern for the rise of Fascist politicians and far-right thugs, I was left with the impression that he felt so a great an urgency to unseat these facists and racists in real life (a goal I applaud) that he mired the plot in an overlong manifesto.

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So very long...

Revisado: 03-29-19

I feel that this novel could have been much more appealing. The author sets the romatic adventure in the context of the contested history of visits to continental USA by by various Europeans prior to Columbus. This has the great potential. However, he saw a need to give us an in-depth education on the topic and so it goes on and on with the central characters discussing all of the details in what was to me endless tedium. We get the ideas! Enough already.
There is also a character designed to be sceptical of the history and thus show the great determination of the good guys to keep moving the plot forward. But he is written to be so implacably stupid that his role wears very thin.
There are mysterious bad guys trying to stop the hero and heroin and their assorted helpful incidental characters. That does add some excitement to the story. At least that don't talk as much as the good guys.
An additional problem for me is that Mr Brody's writing includes aspects such as "He laughed. Heh! Heh!". ( I made this example up here on the fly but the example is valid.) When read in an audio performance, it sounds unintentionally comical. Mr Brody, you can say "He laughed." Nothing more. Again, we get the idea.
The performer does his best and, to me, is suprisingly succesful at being a young English woman.
Following on from hearing some of the Elly Griffiths series where the author writes like an angel, 12 hours of the Templars vs Rome feels way to long.

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Wonderful creation of relationships

Revisado: 03-18-19

I love these stories but of all the elements that deliver delight, it is the exploration of relationships that creates a sense of awe at the skill expressed in the crafting of the story.

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I should have read the negative reviews!

Revisado: 05-05-18

I was making myself stay with this story even as stupidity piled upon stupidity. But, by halfway through I looked at the reviews in desperation and found I was not alone. What relief.

A very silly story.

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