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Mai fidarsi delle quarte di copertina! "È spiazzante e sconvolgente" prometteva questa. Al contrario, l'ho trovato di una banalità sconfortante.

Dopo un inizio promettente (un luogo circoscritto, un crimine, un sospettato innocente che si prende la colpa), l'io narrante si perde in lunghi dialoghi inconcludenti che alla trama portano poco o niente. Combattendo la noia, si arriva a un finale verosimile come una moneta da tre euro.

Super-fans di Ballard, vi prego, ditemi che questo non è Ballard.

saraheve23's review against another edition

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2.0

I just can't seem to get into it

bridget1989's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

bibliomaniac2021's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

jeremyhornik's review against another edition

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4.0

You never forget your first Ballard. It's like seeing society through the lens of a dispassionate primate observer, some alien anthropologist, who sees the links we could never see... too close.

annagrac's review against another edition

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1.0

This is a bizarre mix-up of a book. The setting and premise of the story remind me of an Agatha Christie, where our protagonist goes to solve a mystery in sunny climes, but unlike in those stories - there are no compelling characters to meet along the way, no real revelations of what happened & why and no progression of a plot to a conclusion. Instead we just wander into a smutty and seedy world and then sort of wander out again... Not for me...

mindracer's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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