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Reiches Erbe (2011)

by Donna Leon(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 6

ISBN

3257068204 (ISBN13: 9783257068207)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Diogenes

series

Commissario Brunetti

review 1: I love Donna Leon's Guido Brunetti crime novels set in Venice. The crimes are often subtle, with no winners or losers. She has a mordant wit with sharp observations about Italian political and social life. I particularly like the way the character of Paola, Brunetti's wife, is often the moral compass of the story. Their discussions over the family meal (fabulous cooking) often tease out the dilemmas Brunetti may face throughout the story, but in an oblique way. Well worth reading.
review 2: There comes a time in most, if not all genre book series when the very features that once served to delight move into self-parody, and, regrettably, my much-beloved Donna Leon seems to have reached that point. The 'torn from the headlines' themes, characters and plots feel t... moreired. The charming banter that once seemed to reveal so much about the series' continuing characters have long past their spoil-by dates. The shaggy narrative style, which I used to find refreshing, seems labored and leaden. I thought this brief novel would never reach its end. When it did, I sat in my car and wondered, what was that really about? less

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