danchrist's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Promising start. Meandered. Wanted to really root for the main character but found myself slogging to just get to the end. No more in this series for me.
david_r_grigg's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this a lot more than I at first expected to (it was a gift, and I hadn’t heard of the author before this). Entertaining police-procedural thriller set in Rome and featuring Alex Blume, an ex-patriot American who was orphaned in Rome as a teenager and is now a senior detective in the Polizia. Despite continuing conflicts with his superiors and colleagues, Blume investigates the murder of an animal-rights activist and encounters a psychopathic killer.
The author himself has lived in Rome for some years, and he brings the modern city to life in this novel. I enjoyed this so much that I bought the next in the series as an ebook and I’m looking forward to reading it.
The author himself has lived in Rome for some years, and he brings the modern city to life in this novel. I enjoyed this so much that I bought the next in the series as an ebook and I’m looking forward to reading it.
awin82's review against another edition
3.0
I would read another book by this author; which is high praise despite my 3 star rating.
tamisriram's review against another edition
3.0
The plot is serviceable, but the writing so stilted I can't believe I actually finished the book. (And it really needed to a better copy editor / proofreader. ) The main character is just barely likable, the murder victim isn't much better and the rest somehow unbelievable. There's not even enough description of Rome to give this book interest.
spilled's review against another edition
3.0
Meh. For the kind of people who like books like this, I bet it's a really good one. For me (not necessarily the best judge of such books) parts of the plot stayed interesting and intriguing, but I never really liked anyone enough to care about them. Also, the hierarchy of everything was confusing, but not in the way that made me want to figure it out. I finished it just because I'm the kind of person who always finishes books.
jasminenoack's review
4.0
I'm giving this book 4 stars for everything that happens after the murderer is revealed. I was totally going to stop reading this book for the first 200 pages but I really didn't want to be a quitter and I really wanted the book to be good. well if wishes were horses beggars would ride, and in this book beggars do ride.
the book is really boring for like 200 hundred pages, but then something happens the formatting changes and the new formatting is ideal, like extremely ideal, like it died on the cross and was resurrected for the sins of the first half ideal. there is some great perspective shifting and layering and character exploration. I just I love the end of this book.
the book is really boring for like 200 hundred pages, but then something happens the formatting changes and the new formatting is ideal, like extremely ideal, like it died on the cross and was resurrected for the sins of the first half ideal. there is some great perspective shifting and layering and character exploration. I just I love the end of this book.
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