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David Benioff recommended Dirty Snow in Books (curated)

 
Dirty Snow
Dirty Snow
Georges Simenon, Marc Romano, Louise Varese, William T. Vollmann | 2007 | Fiction & Poetry
(0 Ratings)
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"One of the most prolific writers in history, Simenon is best known for his crime novels featuring the detective Maigret. “I’ll manufacture Fords for a while until enough money comes in,” he said once, “Then I’ll make Rolls-Royces for pleasure.” Dirty Snow is a Rolls. A slender novel about a petty criminal living in a nameless occupied city, this book punches well above its weight class."

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Emma (229 KP) rated Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1) in Books

Apr 24, 2021  
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
Patricia Cornwell | 2003 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
6
7.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
I enjoyed this book, it's a pretty average detective novel. I enjoyed the pace of it, although not many murders happen in it. And I like the character Kay Scarpetta.
My only criticism would be for the best part of the middle if the story she seemed to focus too much on the science behind the evidence. There wasn't enough action.
Still an enjoyable read and I will read others by her
  
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Gisell Middleton (189 KP) rated The Raven Tower in Books

May 22, 2019  
The Raven Tower
The Raven Tower
Ann Leckie | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
4
5.0 (2 Ratings)
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Reading, or listening (which I did), to this novel is like hearing an anecdote from an elderly relative who often goes off on tangents and digresses only to finally reach the point much later and seemingly at random. This story was a “detective mystery” that really, really wanted to incorporate gods somehow. The plot did not really come together until the very end and the rest of the novel was not compelling enough to really keep you interested throughout. The back and forth through time and different narrations, first and second person from the same narrator, was perplexing enough to be muddled and confusing for the majority of this seemingly endless novel. The more interesting details were never really addressed or explained and the richest characters remained as background noise. I wish this book had been better.