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scarletwoman

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19. Well, our tastes definitely diverge on this one.
Sun Sep 14, 2014, 09:41 AM
Sep 2014

I found it to be one of the most tedious and unenjoyable reads I've had in recent memory. About two-thirds of the way through I was sorely tempted to just stop and return it to the library unfinished. But I slogged on to the end - why, I don't know, maybe just for the payoff of feeling so relieved I was finally done with the damn thing.

I remember enjoying the early books of the Anna Pigeon series, when Anna was solving actual mysteries. But Destroyer Angel is not a Mystery. I suppose it might be categorized as a Thriller, and I do not like Thrillers, period.

Anyway, I fear I may have no better luck with the other three books I randomly picked off the library shelf and I haven't figured out which one to try next.

I WISH some of the books I have on order would come in! Take me back to Scandinavia, please!

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'Where Monsters Dwell,' Jorgen Brekke shenmue Sep 2014 #1
We are going to order that from the library. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #2
You're welcome shenmue Sep 2014 #3
Still working on *Boy, Snow, Bird* Old Crow Sep 2014 #4
I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I would enjoy reading your reviews. scarletwoman Sep 2014 #5
Sure shenmue Sep 2014 #7
I'll be looking forward to your reviews, Old Crow. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #8
Woohoo! Old Crow Sep 2014 #9
Compared to my reviews yours will seem profound. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #10
Yesterday I finished "Far North" by Michael Ridpath, scarletwoman Sep 2014 #6
The Escape Goblinmonger Sep 2014 #11
The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst pscot Sep 2014 #12
Furst used to be one of my favorite writers. Tracer Sep 2014 #22
LeCarre and Eric Ambler pscot Sep 2014 #23
I'm going to try starting The Kraken Project, Douglas Preston. closeupready Sep 2014 #13
I'm looking forward to the The Kraken Project, closeupready. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #14
Yes - sounds like an interesting story and closeupready Sep 2014 #15
We have read all their books. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #16
I'm near the end of Nevada Barr's most recent Anna Pigeon novel, _Destroyer Angel_. scarletwoman Sep 2014 #17
I agree, Nevada Barr's books have become formulaic. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #18
Well, our tastes definitely diverge on this one. scarletwoman Sep 2014 #19
There is a central element of mystery in The Rope by Nevada Barr. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #20
I read _The Rope_ when it first came out - did not like that one, either. scarletwoman Sep 2014 #21
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