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sparrowlight's review against another edition
5.0
What a perfect summer mystery! I can't say enough good things about it and I will definitely be picking it up again next year.
sandin954's review
5.0
A really good book. Well written with a vivid setting and time period. The plotting was smoothly done and the characterizations, from the leads to minor players, were quite realistic. Very impressive for a debut and I was not the only one who thought so since it won the New Blood Dagger in 2004.
sandin954's review against another edition
5.0
A really good book. Well written with a vivid setting and time period. The plotting was smoothly done and the characterizations, from the leads to minor players, were quite realistic. Very impressive for a debut and I was not the only one who thought so since it won the New Blood Dagger in 2004.
marilynsaul's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this well-written book that is essentially a murder mystery but is so much more than that: a glimpse into the life, ways, and traditions of an east coast fishing village.
meks17's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
gawronma's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent. It was great story with memorable characters.
iris_09's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
jlmb's review against another edition
1.0
Do you love fishing? I mean, really love it? Then this is the book for you! However, if you find 30+ pages of minute details about fishing boring, then this book is a hard pass. The beginning of this book was so unbelievably tedious that if I wasn't reading it for a book club, I would have DNF.
There were glimmers of a good book hiding amongst all the eye-wateringly dull bits. I started entertaining myself by reading it as if I were the editor, deciding what parts of the novel to cut. It's a nearly 400 page book that I would have edited down to a lean 200 pages. Then it would have been an entertaining taut mystery instead of a bloated one!
Conrad, the sexy brooding troubled fisherman, was such a cliche of Hemingway manliness that every time he appeared in the story I gritted my teeth. I preferred the character of Hollis, the big city cop pushed out of the city by corrupt cops and made to take a police job in small town Long Island. Wish he had been the only focus.
I am so happy and relieved this book is finally over and I can go read a book I will enjoy.
There were glimmers of a good book hiding amongst all the eye-wateringly dull bits. I started entertaining myself by reading it as if I were the editor, deciding what parts of the novel to cut. It's a nearly 400 page book that I would have edited down to a lean 200 pages. Then it would have been an entertaining taut mystery instead of a bloated one!
Conrad, the sexy brooding troubled fisherman, was such a cliche of Hemingway manliness that every time he appeared in the story I gritted my teeth. I preferred the character of Hollis, the big city cop pushed out of the city by corrupt cops and made to take a police job in small town Long Island. Wish he had been the only focus.
I am so happy and relieved this book is finally over and I can go read a book I will enjoy.