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A review by lileuw
Foreign Bodies by Martin Edwards
4.0
Ok, I didn't like this book at first, the first two stories were incredibly boring in my eyes, but it got better afterwards! The stories were fun, ridiculous, and honestly for most you could smell the killer from a mile away, but they were enjoyable. And that's the most important thing to me. I discovered lots of authors I had never heard of, even some from my own country!
This book is full of men, though, there was only 1 female author, which I found a shame, as there are tons of great women writers, but that doesn't take away from the stories, as they were really fun.
Something I am really confused about, however, is the lack of the Netherlands in this book. I bought this book because it claimed to have at least 1 story set in the Netherlands, but there wasn't? At all??? Yes, there was 1 story written by a Dutch author, but it doesn't take place in the Netherlands, it takes place in Paris. So now I'm really confused, does the person who put this book together, not know that the Netherlands and France aren't the same thing, or are they just (quite honestly) lying on this book? It doesn't affect my rating of the book, but it just really annoyed me, as that was the main selling point for me.
All in all, it was enjoyable, and I'm really glad I kept on reading instead of DNF'ing it!
This book is full of men, though, there was only 1 female author, which I found a shame, as there are tons of great women writers, but that doesn't take away from the stories, as they were really fun.
Something I am really confused about, however, is the lack of the Netherlands in this book. I bought this book because it claimed to have at least 1 story set in the Netherlands, but there wasn't? At all??? Yes, there was 1 story written by a Dutch author, but it doesn't take place in the Netherlands, it takes place in Paris. So now I'm really confused, does the person who put this book together, not know that the Netherlands and France aren't the same thing, or are they just (quite honestly) lying on this book? It doesn't affect my rating of the book, but it just really annoyed me, as that was the main selling point for me.
All in all, it was enjoyable, and I'm really glad I kept on reading instead of DNF'ing it!