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A review by queenmeega
Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon
3.0
A conundrum.
Death at La Venice by Donna Leon is the first book in a series. I felt like the author went back and forth between providing lush, thoughtful descriptions to minimalist prose. And this was so confusing as a reader. She would spend so much time detailing a meal, when that meal or scene did nothing to advance the plot. I reviewed my mind the likely culprits about 75% in and realized where the book had to end. Because there just had not really been much mystery to the murder at that point. I liked the main character though. I'm not sure I will read another book but he wad almost interesting enough for me to consider it.
Death at La Venice by Donna Leon is the first book in a series. I felt like the author went back and forth between providing lush, thoughtful descriptions to minimalist prose. And this was so confusing as a reader. She would spend so much time detailing a meal, when that meal or scene did nothing to advance the plot. I reviewed my mind the likely culprits about 75% in and realized where the book had to end. Because there just had not really been much mystery to the murder at that point. I liked the main character though. I'm not sure I will read another book but he wad almost interesting enough for me to consider it.