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A review by roxanamalinachirila
The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block
2.0
Reasons this book was boring:
1. The police doesn't use Bernie Rhodenbarr as a murder-detector yet - despite his tendency to stumble onto fresh or about-to-happen murder scenes.
2. All characters we already know (except Bernie and the cop) are discarded for a new cast, so Bernie can continue to have no developing relationships whatsoever.
3. The murder clues can be deciphered by nobody but Bernie while I give a damn, then the solutions are thrown at me when I no longer care.
4. I'm not sure what the fourth reason is, it's already been a day since I read it and it's such a memorable novel that the details are starting to fade...
1. The police doesn't use Bernie Rhodenbarr as a murder-detector yet - despite his tendency to stumble onto fresh or about-to-happen murder scenes.
2. All characters we already know (except Bernie and the cop) are discarded for a new cast, so Bernie can continue to have no developing relationships whatsoever.
3. The murder clues can be deciphered by nobody but Bernie while I give a damn, then the solutions are thrown at me when I no longer care.
4. I'm not sure what the fourth reason is, it's already been a day since I read it and it's such a memorable novel that the details are starting to fade...