Advantages: Very interesting plot, mysterious characters, gripping from the outset. Disadvantages: Perhaps too confusing in places, maybe slightly anticlimactic.
Overall, Blueeyedboy was an incredible read. It is gripping from the first few pages, and the original narrative style is not one I've encountered previously, which in my opinion made the book unique and significantly more worthwhile than a lot of contemp ...
Advantages: Good read, nice short chapters, decent anti-hero Disadvantages: Too many viewpoints, too many references to "blue"
Blue Eyed Boy is the latest novel from the popular author Joanne Harris, the author of “Chocolat” (turned into a film starring Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche). As with many of Harris’ books this one is written from several different points of view, the ...
Advantages: Her best book so far. Disadvantages: American wit.
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I've been a fan of the works of Kathy Reichs for about five years now. She writes thrillers although "chillers" would be a more apt description. For newcomers to her best selling novels I think a bit of author background is nec ...
Advantages: A good storyline, a must for Reichs fans Disadvantages: The language can be a bit tacky, won't really appeal to most men
When tidying up my drawers at work (the Internet must have been down!) I became aware that there weren't many books left in my 'to-read' pile, so I trawled through the charity booklist where books can be purchased for 25p. Money raised goes to a local br ...
Advantages: Well written with lots of depth so there's plenty of storyline to get stuck into Disadvantages: Not the best of Reich's work, ending a little flimsy
...I'm a big fan of Kathy Reichs now after reading several of her books, though I know some will find her style not so easy to digest. Bare Bones follows suit with her other crime/thriller novels in that she takes a scientific stance on the murder cases, and ...
