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3.24 AVERAGE
3.24 AVERAGE
slow-paced
I started this book and couldn't get past the first few pages because it is gruesome and disgusting. If you are at all squeemish, do NOT read this book! I'm still trying to get over it!
Very captivating, although grotesque at times, and it always keeps you guessing.
An intriguing, suspenseful mystery. Really enjoyed reading this one! Had a hard time getting into it initially, but after about 60 pages, got sucked in and had a hard time putting it down. The ending could have been a little better, but it was not enough to spoil the book.
The beginning was pretty boring and almost made me want to give it up but once the action started it got pretty interesting.
The era of Longfellow and friends is not really a time period I'm over knowledgable about or interested in but if you are, you'd probably appreciate this book more than I could.
The era of Longfellow and friends is not really a time period I'm over knowledgable about or interested in but if you are, you'd probably appreciate this book more than I could.
I truly wish Goodreads would change their rating system, because a 2 star rating makes it seem as if I despised this book, when really I thought that it was well-written, intellectually stimulating, and quite interesting. It's just that I didn't really find myself enamored with it.
Anyway, the plot was good, the writing was superb, and the subject quite entertaining. However, the pace was staggeringly slow, and so many characters clogged the pages that the congestion started to wear on my ability to remember who was who.
That being said, I would describe this book as more of an Umberto Eco "Name of the Rose" than a Dan Brown "Inferno." High quality writing, high literary concepts, but low drive in terms of plot pacing.
Well worth the read, but not one I'm likely to read again.
Anyway, the plot was good, the writing was superb, and the subject quite entertaining. However, the pace was staggeringly slow, and so many characters clogged the pages that the congestion started to wear on my ability to remember who was who.
That being said, I would describe this book as more of an Umberto Eco "Name of the Rose" than a Dan Brown "Inferno." High quality writing, high literary concepts, but low drive in terms of plot pacing.
Well worth the read, but not one I'm likely to read again.
Mediocre mystery. An attempt to repeat the Alienist with authors. Not recommended.
The subject of the book was quite interesting but the writing style and choppy changes in point of views and switching between characters made it a difficult read. The subject matter was wonderful but the writing made it quite difficult.