stcstc's review against another edition
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
twin_empires's review against another edition
The writing style did not work for me at all.
jeremyhornik's review against another edition
4.0
Another complicated dark conspiracy novel from Peace. I can’t ever quite tell what is going on, which is either intentional, or I’m too impatient to understand it all. Still, the atmosphere is wonderfully rendered, and his characters, knotted up in history and themselves mystified by what has happened a d what they should do about it, have a tragedy to them that belies the usual crime and mystery fare.
castoffcrown's review against another edition
5.0
Firstly, I haven't read the other books in the series but I'm definitely planning to now. I had a real love-hate relationship with the almost 'forensic' writing style mostly deployed here. At times - particularly the closing chapters - I found it greatly added to the tension and conveyed the fractured states of mind of the main characters. At others I had to stop myself from skim reading. Ultimately, the respites from this style helped and the story triumphed.
4.5 stars
4.5 stars
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