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Il Codice Blackstone (2009)

by Rose Melikan(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

8804589299 (ISBN13: 9788804589297)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Mondadori

series

Mary Finch

review 1: The first time I read this I gave it five stars and now look. Wow. Anyway, this is a fairly decent historical mystery. However it did drag in places and the mystery was fairly obvious (and I had forgotten the outcome so I am not just saying that cause I remembered the culprit). Overall, I would recommend this book, but I think it just doesn't hold up under repeated reading. The characters were a let down for me. I know Mary gets better throughout the series. But I just found her a little dull.
review 2: So I'm not actually finished. I've gotten to page, like, 168 out of 450 and I absolutely can not keep myself going. When I first started, this novel seemed like the collaborative effort of C. S. Lewis and Mildred Benson (a.k.a. the original Carolyn Keene). But a... mores it went on, it was just... bad. The quality of the narrative doesn't even come close to matching the above two authors. Is it sad to say that I would choose to read Nancy Drew over this any day?In the end, I think the most apt word to describe 'The Blackstone Key' is "dull." There's seemingly no action, and any action that does take place contains no suspense or excitement. There's no description to contribute to any kind of mood. The author seems to be a fan of including obscure (and inaccurate) historical details that she hints are significant but there's never an explanation as to why. Not to mention, I absolutely hate the main character. She's vapid and flat, though the author would have you believe she's some kind of hero as she breaks the mold of the average eighteenth-century woman wide open. If you're thinking of reading this book, please don't. less

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