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El Caso Del Anillo (2009)

by Michael Ridpath(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Grupo Planeta/Espasa

series

Fire and Ice

review 1: I saw this book in a bookstore in Reykjavik, and the ad copy was intriguing enough to get me to check it out. Ridpath is a very entertaining guide to the city, and the mystery is well-constructed, connecting a few loose threads in a number of sagas, Tolkieniana, and Iceland's history most inventively. However, certain stereotypes (most disturbingly of Jewish men as rich and physically cowardly) do a great deal of work to fill in characterization and to push the book along in the parts between the clues.
review 2: The beginning of this novel was excellent. Full 4 star. And I did enjoy the entire. But on a whole, closer to 3 than 4. Not that the protagonist and his life history and proclivities are not interesting. The Icelandic/ American dichotomies completely i... morentriguing! But somehow it just got a bit wordy and too Lord of the Rings encompassed for me at certain points. I find the entire country of Iceland, the language and the cultural key points have intense similarities to many smallish town or village core elements. And nearly anywhere, as well. In majority, almost everyone has some connection, knowledge, or quasi-relationship with nearly everyone else. It is intrinsic to the numbers of individuals in the entire. As this author says, it is not a genetic pool but a genetic puddle. Well said. Will want to see if Magnus centers in a Boston long term future or not. I doubt it. less

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