A review by hoboken
The Jewels of Paradise by Donna Leon

1.0

Disappointing--I like her Brunetti novels a lot. And how can you go wrong in Venice? But characters flat, plot clunking along, mystery tepid. Italian phrases keep popping up which, per lo piu, aren't translated. At p. 70, I decided to check GR to see if others said it got better, but apparently not acc. to most opinions. I hope Leon goes back to Brunetti where the characters, plots, and moral questions have been compelling.