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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
If you enjoy the story in a story format, plus a mystery in a mystery, and a bit of history, you will enjoy the many facets of this book as it shifts from one to the other.
An ode to Agatha Christie and writers of old school whodunnits and an mis en abyme at that. Whats not to love?
Smart, procedural driven, and the book within a book idea was clever. Parts of the story dragged for me, but otherwise very enjoyable.
A murder mystery within a murder mystery? So much fun!
An interesting story but it just drags on and on and on.
If you like smart mysteries, don’t wait to read this one. You get at least two mysteries in one in this whodunit within a whodunit. Extremely clever and self-referential. And, best of all, I couldn’t solve the mysteries, so the reveals were very satisfying!
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
The story within the story (Pünd’s story) was way more intriguing than the one taking place outside of it. For that reason, I wish this book wasn’t split 50/50. However, it was clever enough that I am still happy with the way it all tied together.
IMO, this book was uneven. And sometimes, Horowitz is too clever by half. I like wordplay and a bit of tongue in cheek in an author, but this was too much of a good thing. I can't say I liked his main protagonist, and by the time he got back to the original story (there's a story buried in a story), I had forgotten the main plot points. That may be me, I was reading it off and on, but it shouldn't be difficult to retain details about plot, should it?
I will try another book by him before I move on.
I will try another book by him before I move on.