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A review by ramseyhootman
The Stone Monkey by Jeffery Deaver
5.0
I looooooved this one! In a series where I like the main characters I often get frustrated by an author's insistence on spending a bunch of time on secondary characters or "main" characters who will appear only in a single book. However, I really like how Deaver keeps the Rhyme/Sachs personal stuff to a minimum and somehow he always gets me to care about his one-book characters.
I am also continually impressed by Deaver's research skills. I love how he picks one or two topics for each book to focus in on in great detail, so the reading experience is not just "fun" but also "educational!" In this case I already had a lot of knowledge of the subject - I lived in China for a year - so I could tell Deaver really did his homework. I was very, very impressed. I was also impressed by the fact that he didn't feel the need to make this book PC. He went with how the world (and Chinese culture) often works rather than how it ought to be.
Putting both secondary characters and stellar research together - I absolutely adored the character of Sonny and I wished he could hang around for a few more books! I wanted to see another team-up between the two master detectives. He was a great character and so many of the things he did and his attitude reminded me of people I knew in China. I laughed out loud a number of times.
Overall, excellent as usual.
I am also continually impressed by Deaver's research skills. I love how he picks one or two topics for each book to focus in on in great detail, so the reading experience is not just "fun" but also "educational!" In this case I already had a lot of knowledge of the subject - I lived in China for a year - so I could tell Deaver really did his homework. I was very, very impressed. I was also impressed by the fact that he didn't feel the need to make this book PC. He went with how the world (and Chinese culture) often works rather than how it ought to be.
Putting both secondary characters and stellar research together - I absolutely adored the character of Sonny and I wished he could hang around for a few more books! I wanted to see another team-up between the two master detectives. He was a great character and so many of the things he did and his attitude reminded me of people I knew in China. I laughed out loud a number of times.
Overall, excellent as usual.