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tristanrobinblakeman 's review for:
Every Dead Thing
by John Connolly
I found this to be a really interesting and intriguing mystery - marred by too much writing! The story is fascinating - and there's lots of background to give credence to the dénouement.
However, it just never stops! Over 100 pages could easily have been edited out of this book - and at times I felt I was reading Dostoevsky - so many, many, many characters!!!!! Admittedly, all were unusual and memorable. I just wish he had saved about twenty five of them for the next book.
I highly recommend "Every Dead Thing" to people who like to take their time with a novel, stopping to process what they've read. There are just too many characters and murders to read quickly.
I don't recommend it for children - it's pretty gory and intense - the murders are especially explicit - although, if such a thing can be called interesting, the dead body displays were quite unusual and inventive.
If it had just been a hundred or so pages shorter - and had way fewer characters, this would have been my favorite summer read of 2012.
However, it just never stops! Over 100 pages could easily have been edited out of this book - and at times I felt I was reading Dostoevsky - so many, many, many characters!!!!! Admittedly, all were unusual and memorable. I just wish he had saved about twenty five of them for the next book.
I highly recommend "Every Dead Thing" to people who like to take their time with a novel, stopping to process what they've read. There are just too many characters and murders to read quickly.
I don't recommend it for children - it's pretty gory and intense - the murders are especially explicit - although, if such a thing can be called interesting, the dead body displays were quite unusual and inventive.
If it had just been a hundred or so pages shorter - and had way fewer characters, this would have been my favorite summer read of 2012.