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rynflynn12's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
blesstanie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
cait331's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.75
sandygx260's review against another edition
2.0
The beginning was glorious. Unfortunately after the big start the story ground and ground until I wondered if we were supposed to collect a sack of corn meal at the end.
Vastly disappointing.
Vastly disappointing.
skirmishgirl's review against another edition
1.0
Hogwash.
The writing is overblown and irritating. The narrative is so disjointed as to be almost unreadable. I kept hoping something was going to happen that would bring it together, and yet nothing ever did. By the time the killer is announced, the author felt the need to give an expository chapter of the hows and whys, when he had done that at least once before, when leading the reader to the wrong idea of who the killer is.
I forced myself to finish it only because I invested so much time in it, but I wouldn't recommend it.
The writing is overblown and irritating. The narrative is so disjointed as to be almost unreadable. I kept hoping something was going to happen that would bring it together, and yet nothing ever did. By the time the killer is announced, the author felt the need to give an expository chapter of the hows and whys, when he had done that at least once before, when leading the reader to the wrong idea of who the killer is.
I forced myself to finish it only because I invested so much time in it, but I wouldn't recommend it.
innae's review against another edition
I made it to page 90, but when I found myself glancing at pages and skipping ahead, I realized, I am no really interested in reading this story any longer. I like the idea behind it, and as I mentioned in status updates, I like Officer Rey -- but he is the only character I am remotely interested in. I don't care about the core group, the Dante Club is a bunch of self-absorbed academics that are not well developed, and what development they do have makes you not like them. I understand and author creating characters to hate, but that is not what has happened here. The author has failed to create characters that produce much of any feeling at all. I don't hate them, I just don't care.
notacreditcard's review against another edition
Like two chapters in kinda boring but in pausing this to read dune