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Her Fearful Symmetry
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#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 ...
Reviewed by Reviewers on Twitter via
on 25 Jan 2010.
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Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
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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. ...
Reviewed by ManicMammy via
on 24 Jan 2010.
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Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
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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. ...
Reviewed by ManicMammy via
on 19 Sep 2009.
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The Associate
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Acceptable generic Grisham book/screenplay until the non-ending where he loses interest even before you do. ...
Reviewed by Conor O'Neill via
on 17 Aug 2009.
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The Girl Who Played With Fire
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Stieg Larsson knew how to tell a tale. Thriller set in Sweden romped along. Compelling characters. ...
Reviewed by ManicMammy via
on 15 Aug 2009.
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Harlan Coben's "Darkest Fear"
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Fantastic funny but dark pulp crime thriller. This early stuff 100x better. Fewer twists. ...
Reviewed by Conor O'Neill via
on 14 Aug 2009.
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Harlan Coben's "Just One Look"
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It fails to suspend disbelief due to ridiculous number of coincidences and twists. His worst? ...
Reviewed by Conor O'Neill via
on 14 Aug 2009.
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The Associate by John Grisham
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Rubbish legal thriller that never really got going or went anywhere. Avoid. ...
Reviewed by ManicMammy via
on 11 Aug 2009.
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Gone Tomorrow
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done reading 'Gone Tomorrow' by Lee Child. Very, very interesting read !! If you like thrillers, go for it #book #review ...
Reviewed by Reviewers on Twitter via
on 29 Jul 2009.
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Without Fail Does Not Disappoint
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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 ...
Reviewed by mneylon via
on 26 Jul 2009.
1 of 1 people found this useful.





