#review Niffenegger's Her Fearful Symmetry: I got thru this in a 'can't-look-away-from-car crash' way, great imagination but little feeling ...

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This novel started really well. It was griping and a sense of foreboding was pervasive. But from this promising beginning it deteriorated, the plot meandered and the characters were dull and not convincing. I eventually ploughed through it and finished reading it but it was very laboured. ...

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I started this novel on holidays, got about 100 pages in and to be honest I can't be bothered persevering any further with it. Characters are dull and rather unbelievable, plot meanders. Life's too short to waste time reading books such as this. Avoid. ...

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Acceptable generic Grisham book/screenplay until the non-ending where he loses interest even before you do. ...

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Stieg Larsson knew how to tell a tale. Thriller set in Sweden romped along. Compelling characters. ...

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Fantastic funny but dark pulp crime thriller. This early stuff 100x better. Fewer twists. ...

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It fails to suspend disbelief due to ridiculous number of coincidences and twists. His worst? ...

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Rubbish legal thriller that never really got going or went anywhere. Avoid. ...

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done reading 'Gone Tomorrow' by Lee Child. Very, very interesting read !! If you like thrillers, go for it #book #review ...

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Practically every book's dustjacket is covered with reviews and hyperbole. It's refreshing when the book actually lives up to the hyped reviews on the cover.In the case of Lee Child's "Without Fail" it is truly gripping.Child is one of those writers that I wish I'd started reading earlier. I like ...

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