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moominmama_11's review against another edition
3.0
3.5. Strange and interesting book. We’ll have no time for leisure when we are fighting the climate war though
hieronymusbotched's review against another edition
4.0
Enjoyable, make-your-nose-bleed prescience once again from Ballard, and a pretty deft little murder mystery to boot.
I think one of Ballard's great gifts is the way he never flinches, no matter how grim the subject. The prose arrives alive and immediate - and in some scenes, even nauseatingly so. Trigger warnings galore.
And alarm bells. As with every other book of his I read, I'm more disturbed than entertained. It must have been painful to live inside his consciousness. Murky.
Like a crystal ball in a can of coke saying this will happen, this is happening, this has happened, this is.
I think one of Ballard's great gifts is the way he never flinches, no matter how grim the subject. The prose arrives alive and immediate - and in some scenes, even nauseatingly so. Trigger warnings galore.
And alarm bells. As with every other book of his I read, I'm more disturbed than entertained. It must have been painful to live inside his consciousness. Murky.
Like a crystal ball in a can of coke saying this will happen, this is happening, this has happened, this is.
carolinepritchett's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
akenne1's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
jon288's review against another edition
5.0
Almost a mystery novel but not quite. Fast paced depravity and controlled chaos under the Spanish sun
horfhorfhorf's review
1.0
I tried to get into this, really I did. But after the first quarter of the book I still wasn't hooked into the storyline. Bummer.
mollyyelon's review
4.0
Another Ballard hit!!! Took me long to read, but not because it was boring or anything.
georgilini's review
4.0
This is a good detective type story - it has a compelling mystery and lots of twists. Lovely commentary on brits who retire abroad.