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bamandia 's review for:
The Book of Air and Shadows
by Michael Gruber
i thought that i'd love this book. in theory, it has all the right elements to make for a riveting caper mystery about the discovery of an unknown William Shakespeare play. what it doesn't have is the right author writing it.
i found the idea of the plot to be more interesting than the actual novel itself. which was quite the disappointment for me.
neither of the two narrators were all that compelling or likeable...and what started out with some semblance of a literary mystery ended up being two separate stories about idiot guys chasing girls. word of warning...just adding a Shakespearean play into the plot of a novel does not make it "literary or historical fiction."
the subtext about Crosetti's "story" resembling a plot in a movie was irritating at best....and the way Jake Michkin rambles about, interrupting the story at every page turn to add in his own useless banter was useless. most of the ancillary characters were boring, trite or downright annoying. and the final climax scenes of the novel were predictable and not well written. in fact, it bored me a bit when i got to the ending...like there was this big long buildup throughout the novel that led to nothing.
i would not recommend this book...and i'm glad i picked it up on the Bargain shelf...as i'd feel cheated if i paid full price.
i found the idea of the plot to be more interesting than the actual novel itself. which was quite the disappointment for me.
neither of the two narrators were all that compelling or likeable...and what started out with some semblance of a literary mystery ended up being two separate stories about idiot guys chasing girls. word of warning...just adding a Shakespearean play into the plot of a novel does not make it "literary or historical fiction."
the subtext about Crosetti's "story" resembling a plot in a movie was irritating at best....and the way Jake Michkin rambles about, interrupting the story at every page turn to add in his own useless banter was useless. most of the ancillary characters were boring, trite or downright annoying. and the final climax scenes of the novel were predictable and not well written. in fact, it bored me a bit when i got to the ending...like there was this big long buildup throughout the novel that led to nothing.
i would not recommend this book...and i'm glad i picked it up on the Bargain shelf...as i'd feel cheated if i paid full price.