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A Tuo Rischio E Pericolo (2011)

by Josh Bazell(Favorite Author)

3.27 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

880619559X (ISBN13: 9788806195595)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Einaudi

series

Peter Brown

review 1: Caí en esta novela sin saber que es la segunda del mismo prota. Y suerte que tuve, pues según todas las fuentes consultadas ésta es peor que la primera. Aún así, me pareció entretenida, por lo que ya estoy leyendo la primera. Cosas que no molaron nada: el alegato projudío antirrepublicano que, independientemente de lo bien o mal argumentado que esté, no encaja en la novela ni con calzador. Meter a un político americano real en la novela que no aporta nada. Cosas que sí molaron, un montón de documentación al final contando de dónde saca el autor cada cosa de la que habla en la novela. Interesante. En cuanto a la historia, es entretenida. Un mafioso arrepentido y en el programa de protección de testigos es contratado por un multimillonario para ir a una expedic... moreión que pretende buscar al monstruo del lago Ness, solo que en Minessota. El monstruo del lago White. El autor es ingenioso en los diálogos y hace que la novela sea entretenida, aunque se intuye que un par de veces o tres se quedó sin ideas. En general aceptable.
review 2: I enjoyed "Beat the Reaper" quite a bit, so when a friend gave me "Wild Thing" for my birthday, I was of course stoked to read it. (Besides the fact that I got a book as a gift, which is my favorite gift next to actual magic, this one was given to me by a good friend whose literary opinions mean quite a lot, and whom you probably know too - or at least have heard of and wish you knew better.)I give this book 3 stars for a couple of simple reasons. First, I need to do a better job of reserving my 5-star rating for those books I would happily read again; this story was entertaining, and as much I enjoy Pietro Brwna / Peter Brown / Lionel Azimuth as a protagonist (and Bazell has done a nice job of setting up at least one more adventure with this character), I don't think I'll actually re-read this any time soon. Then, I just... I don't know. I didn't give a single shit about the female lead. She's a caricature of the previous female lead, and it's sort of a smudged caricature at that. I don't believe her, I don't care about her, she's trying way too hard to be independent and self-righteous and misses her mark in all the wrong places. Though the story itself is engaging and the style is interesting, there's a lot of loose ends that never get tied up - what happens with the trial? What happens with Christine? Why did SPOILER SPOILER have to die? (That one just seems gratuitous, even though PRONOUN was kind of a loser anyway.) I have more thoughts on this, but I've already said more than I normally would for a 3-star novel, and haven't really said anything. VERDICT: Bazell is a charming storyteller and I enjoyed this one somewhere between a 7 and an 8. It has earned its place on the shelf next to Beat the Reaper. less

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