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The Light In The Ruins (2013)

by Chris Bohjalian(Favorite Author)
3.64 of 5 Votes: 1
ISBN
0385534817 (ISBN13: 9780385534819)
languge
English
publisher
Doubleday
review 1: I feel like I've just visited Italy! Bohjalian's descriptions were vivid and I felt like I was right inside the action. I'm not usually a fan of the back and forth time period pieces but this one was well done and kept me turning the pages. The only down side to the story is I wish I'd had just a little more of a hint to who the killer was. Not a bang over your head hint but one that was an "ah ha" that makes sense.
review 2: Chris Bohjalian scores another hit with this latest venture into historical fiction. A tale of forbidden love set against the backdrop of WWII Italy, a serial killer on the loose, and the mounting tensions of war add up to an "unputdownable" read. Bohjalian's characters are flawed and heartbreaking. Book clubs are going find a lot to dis
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Jack
Good but not as good as his other books, especially Skeletons at the Feast.
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