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gianouts's review against another edition
2.0
It started well and but the amount of corniness was just too much for me and I ended up abandoning it.
karynmoo's review
2.0
I did not really like this book...took me a long time to finish simply because I didn't enjoy reading it.
The main character, Randell seems to keep getting into fights which were described in a very long drawn out way. I did not enjoy reading so much detail about "his form" nor did I enjoy reading about his relationsip....to me that seemed like it was just there to fill the pages.
I seem to be in minority of people who didn't like this, so maybe there is something I am missing? Like how he came to work with the police? The author doesn't ever explain that....so you are meant to just accept that some random guy off the street was brought in to be an interpreter for the police and is then invited to crime scenes? Bizarre!
I have given 2 stars because I appreciate that the author tried to do something different with what was "just another crime story" by adding in bits about Chinese culture and a romance storyline, its just not his fault I didn't enjoy reading about it. I also liked that the main character reminded me a bit of Dexter Morgan from Jeff Lindsay's series of books, I feel the characters were very similar in their personalities and that's not a bad thing.
The main character, Randell seems to keep getting into fights which were described in a very long drawn out way. I did not enjoy reading so much detail about "his form" nor did I enjoy reading about his relationsip....to me that seemed like it was just there to fill the pages.
I seem to be in minority of people who didn't like this, so maybe there is something I am missing? Like how he came to work with the police? The author doesn't ever explain that....so you are meant to just accept that some random guy off the street was brought in to be an interpreter for the police and is then invited to crime scenes? Bizarre!
I have given 2 stars because I appreciate that the author tried to do something different with what was "just another crime story" by adding in bits about Chinese culture and a romance storyline, its just not his fault I didn't enjoy reading about it. I also liked that the main character reminded me a bit of Dexter Morgan from Jeff Lindsay's series of books, I feel the characters were very similar in their personalities and that's not a bad thing.
danperlman's review
3.0
It's hard to think of a murder mystery as a fun and easy read, but this was. Of course, as the author points out, he's surrounded by cuteness and has trouble getting street cred for being gritty and dark. True that, as they say. I like the overall premise and the story line. Maybe a bit too much time spent on the protagonist's constant harping about "being old" when he's just around 40 - one pictures the author being 20-something and intoning "never trust anyone over 30", but beyond that, an enjoyable read.
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