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margeryk101's review
5.0
This was a random pick-up from the library that waited patiently to be read whilst I tackled other books. When I started to read it I was afraid that it would be another disappointment along the lines of 'The Necropolis Railway' by Andrew Martin, which was just awful, or Gatiss' 'Lucifer Box' books which were a bit too clever for their own good, with little body to them. However, the more I read, the more I was reassured that this was a writer who could create three dimensional characters and set them in an atmospheric location with decent dialogue.
As I got to the last forty pages or so, I realised that the end was nigh and I was rather saddened. Krajewski started tying up his loose ends and the character depictions got thinner to make way for plot progressions. I guess you can't have it all. This book could easily have been another hundred pages long in my opinion, and as a lover of short books, this is a rare criticism.
Half-way through I was eagerly checking the library catalogue to see if there are any other works by the same author, however, now I think I will give Krajewski a rest and mull him over and tackle some of the other books that I have been meaning to read.
I'd definitely recommend his works and I do hope that he gets more acclaim in the UK.
As I got to the last forty pages or so, I realised that the end was nigh and I was rather saddened. Krajewski started tying up his loose ends and the character depictions got thinner to make way for plot progressions. I guess you can't have it all. This book could easily have been another hundred pages long in my opinion, and as a lover of short books, this is a rare criticism.
Half-way through I was eagerly checking the library catalogue to see if there are any other works by the same author, however, now I think I will give Krajewski a rest and mull him over and tackle some of the other books that I have been meaning to read.
I'd definitely recommend his works and I do hope that he gets more acclaim in the UK.
avid_d's review
2.0
Having read the first two Mock books, I find myself incredibly disappointed by this one. What I had found strange but beguiling in their style has become annoyingly arch in this one - the plot is ludicrous, characters behave in such bizarre fashion I wondered if the author was having a joke to see how far he could go before the reader threw in the towel.
borisfeldman's review
5.0
Third in the Eberhard Mock series. Superb noir mystery in Breslau, Germany in the nineteen-teens. Brilliant writing.
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