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kikiandarrowsfishshelf's review against another edition
1.0
This book isn’t bad. The writing and mood are good.
The characters are very uninteresting however. It’s been there and done that.
I wish my local PBS would reshow Water Rats.
Crossposted at Booklikes.
The characters are very uninteresting however. It’s been there and done that.
I wish my local PBS would reshow Water Rats.
Crossposted at Booklikes.
thedustyarchives's review against another edition
4.0
A bit slow in the beginning, and a lot of characters! But once you learn the characters and the story develops more, it’s a fantastic read.
swashb's review against another edition
1.0
This isn’t a mystery book; it is a sad soap opera disguised as a mystery book.
kris_mccracken's review against another edition
4.0
The Dragon Man by Garry Disher
Another engaging and well-plotted police procedural by Disher, this time it features the debut of the exhausted Inspector Hal Challis working on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.
Between the dead girls that keep turning up, the local dickheads, a traumatised past, crooked coppers and a distracting romance from the local newspaper hound, there is plenty to keep the reader engaged.
The book is an intelligent addition to the genre that captures the seediness of Australian regional society and the story potential that the dark undercurrents offer.
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 1/2
Another engaging and well-plotted police procedural by Disher, this time it features the debut of the exhausted Inspector Hal Challis working on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.
Between the dead girls that keep turning up, the local dickheads, a traumatised past, crooked coppers and a distracting romance from the local newspaper hound, there is plenty to keep the reader engaged.
The book is an intelligent addition to the genre that captures the seediness of Australian regional society and the story potential that the dark undercurrents offer.
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 1/2
nbarton82's review against another edition
I generally love Disher's work, but this was painful to read: crawling with procedural cliches and with a weird lack of setting and character descriptions: at one point the main character has a conversation with a character called "his neighbour", who he omits to tell the reader even the *gender* of, let alone any other kind of description. Urgh.
vandermeer's review against another edition
1.0
Repeatedly caught myself thinking about other things while reading this book. DNF 25%.