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Treasure Hunt by Andrea Camilleri

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ludwinas's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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5.0

Holy Shit! This was good and what a plot and characters. A very interesting plot with a treasure hunt and a kidnapping.

A darker Montalbano but so good. My feelings towards the book and the end is similar to how I felt when I read The Crocodile.

A similar feeling to 'oh god, he done it!'

I look forward to the next book in the series but at 17 books in, I'm nearing the end. Only 11 left to go!

A superb start to my reading for the year

misfitmoxie's review

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dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

theemptybox's review

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3.0

Perhaps it was my mistake of not realizing I had picked up the sixteenth installment of a mystery series or maybe it was the difference in writing and then translation of this book that made it leave a poor taste in my mouth. While it was a good read for a short book, it felt as if it took forever to get to the actual plot.

The main character, inspector Montalbano, is not a protagonist I'm interested in following. He's brushes people off and rather rude to many people he comes in contact with. Once the true heart of the mystery was revealed it felt like it was solved all too quickly. As a reader, I couldn't sit and think about how to fit the small hints and clues into the big picture myself before the inspector solved it a matter of paragraphs down or on the next page. The big mystery of the book took an exceptionally long while to reveal itself and then was solved rather quickly within the last forty pages or so.

I want to say it was a good read, but it was nearly painful trying to get through the first half of such a small book. Maybe if I knew more about the protagonist I would have enjoyed it more, but he's just unlikable to me. I wished they had spent more time on the opening case rather than spending the first quarter of the book introducing characters that Montalbano doesn't enjoy being around or him bumbling through life.

Overall, I wanted more of the actual missing girl case. But was disappointed in learning about the protagonist's sad life than getting to a mystery.

liberrydude's review

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4.0

Montalbano deals with some crazy octogenarians and then out of boredom plays a strange game with an unknown person when riddles start arriving at the station. It all seems pretty harmless but then some unrelated events start him connecting dots and he realizes that the game is not a game at all. Then it's a race against time and he's starting to show his age. Wondering if this case will start the move to retirement?

tobyyy's review

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3.0

Although this is the 16th installment in the Inspector Montalbano series, this is the first installment that I’ve read. It wasn’t bad; it reminded me of a mix between Alexander McCall Smith (but Sicilian instead of Scottish) and M.C. Beaton, with some more gruesome elements thrown in (a touch of James Patterson to taste, I suppose you could say).

I will most likely read other books in this series. Recommended for those who enjoy the aforementioned authors as well as mysteries that aren’t cozy but also aren’t thrillers, but instead somewhere in between.