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Just One Evil Act
by Elizabeth George
I finished "Just One Evil Act" by Elizabeth George this afternoon. I'm in that awkward place right now where I keep thinking I need to get back to reading to find out what's going on with the characters! They were totally intertwined in my life. After over 700 pages, I guess that could be expected but it wasn't just the length of the book. As usual with George, it was so well written it could make lesser writers sob in frustration. It was complex, intricate, exasperating, touching, true always to itself and its characters--everything I want in a book. And lots of red and reddish-pink herrings.
Next up I will have to be something attention-grabbing, fast-moving and yes, shorter. :)
I read some reviewers on here complain about the use of Italian phrases and words without translations inserted right there but I actually enjoyed that. It was a challenge to use the context to figure it out but it took nothing away for me. If anything, it set up the confusion and frustration that people who speak only one language would have in dealing with a foreign legal system.
There were SO many characters, some very well developed, some used as only cameos, but all added to the richness that I experienced with this book. I have given very few 5-star ratings to books on here. This one was one.
Next up I will have to be something attention-grabbing, fast-moving and yes, shorter. :)
I read some reviewers on here complain about the use of Italian phrases and words without translations inserted right there but I actually enjoyed that. It was a challenge to use the context to figure it out but it took nothing away for me. If anything, it set up the confusion and frustration that people who speak only one language would have in dealing with a foreign legal system.
There were SO many characters, some very well developed, some used as only cameos, but all added to the richness that I experienced with this book. I have given very few 5-star ratings to books on here. This one was one.