Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) - , reviewed on 5/20/2012 + 215 more book reviews

This is certainly a very solid murder mystery/literary fiction book. It did have some things that really annoyed me, nothing to do so much with the writing itself really, so much as the characterizations, and so not necessarily something that'll get to everybody. I just wanted to slap a couple people sometimes and groan at their stupidity/attitude, which I guess is a good thing in a way since it means I was into it. In any case, I still have to say that it's a really good book. At first, when I started it, it seemed pretty good but not great, but by the halfway point I was completely engrossed. Give it 100 pages or so as a fair shot, and it tends to pull you in, at least if your reading enjoyments are anything at all like mine. So, I split the difference with all factors considered and figured it's most fairly a four star book. The setting was depicted brilliantly, the characters were mostly extremely believable and realistic (though, as I said, I was frustrated at some points, though in all fairness I should say most were redeemed later on), and the story was a little slow in captivating me but did pull it off in the end. Nancy Pickard definitely has a talent for writing, and I'll likely be looking into her other books in the future.

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