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Não Abras Os Olhos (2012)

by John Verdon(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Porto Editora

series

Dave Gurney

review 1: Verdon does a good job of constructing interesting puzzles. However, his storytelling ability is lacking in my opinion. This book also took way too long to develop. Then, the conclusion to everything comes so rapidly that you feel somewhat cheated having spent 90% of the book anticipating the answers to all of the mysteries that have taken all that time to be laid out.All in all, it's an enjoyable read in many respects.
review 2: In this second installment of the Dave Gurney series, the plot follows the same “locked room” formula as the first. A seemingly impossible crime occurs when a bride is found murdered on her wedding day. What was first thought to be a simple murder investigation turns out to be something far more sinister and multi-layered. Altho... moreugh the book was well-written, I found the resolution less than satisfying, and some of Gurney’s actions implausible. The secondary plot involves Dave’s relationship with his wife. She wants him to find the joy she enjoys in living a quiet simple life in the country, but the life of a retiree is not for him. He’s happy only when working a case, preferably an “impossible” one that has local police stumped. Not much has changed between them in these first 2 books but I’m hoping their relationship grows and changes in subsequent books or it could get tiresome. The same can be said of his relationship with his grown son. Lastly, I think the book would have been improved if shorter and some of the bloat removed. Very few books can justify 500+ pages, especially one in this genre.I liked the first book, Think of a Number, more than this one, but I enjoyed it enough to give #3 a try. less

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