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Interesting to read a book with Mormonism at its center during an election year that features an LDS favorite as a candidate. White's ability to shine a light on this religion while offering a moderately interesting mystery is an accomplishment.

Nicely paced psychological mystery.

I read this book because I wanted to start at the beginning of this famous series I'd heard so much about. I found the Lynley and Havers characters well drawn as individuals and interesting together. However the plot was familiar and the resolution unnecessarily voyeuristic. I'll read the next in the series to see if this is a fluke or a feature.

I found the story evolution interesting for the first half but thought it turned into an average story in the second half. Nevertheless it is good first thriller effort.

This could have been a good short story. However I found the pace plodding. The “quirky” characters reminded me of those seen in a third tier TV series. I kept reading because I'd heard it had an exciting ending. Unfortunately this was not true.

It finally wore me out and I quit.

This theme has been done better in other books but I kept reading thinking it would progress to a rich conclusion. It didn't but it was an honest portrayal of the complexities of life and relationship.

Interesting Then and Now structure brings us a look at the brash young patrolman who becomes the legendary crime solver. I've thought Lucas was getting too settled in his family building with Weather in past few books. It was fun to revisit his former more reckless self. As usual the windup had me up too late.

This is my favorite book and author. A poignant and sometimes heartbreaking story that stays with me still.

What a unique, beautifully written book. I usually loose patience with time shifting plots but this one is so skillfully done that I was never sorry to follow the multiple story lines across time.

Anything by Atwood but especially this.

My first McEwan book; read it after seeing the film which is the reverse of what I usually do. It didn't matter in this case because I was so taken by his style of story telling.

There is a smoothness in the author's style that had me feeling like I was was a part of Louisa and Will's story. All the characters evolve in realistic and meaningful ways. The result is a quick read that is fluid and well paced but never maudlin.

Nothing seemed chilling to me nor was the outcome surprising. The writing style was generally good so I read to the finish hoping, hoping for - something.

Good pacing and interesting twisty plot.

This is a book with an interesting premise but I think the progress of the story was too slow, even repetitive. The ending was disappointedly familiar.

Fast read with the kind of plot shifts I could feel coming but couldn't put my finger on.

Plodding and familiar.

Classic procedural but I'm a fan of Harry.

Okay for background noise

Interesting read for the detailing of book preservation and antiquarian books. The plot rested on many coincidences and a fairly obvious ending so it gets 3 stars.

Just not my genre I guess. Only made it through 2 chapters before I realized I was bored.

Well written mystery; not in the Triller genre.

Other reviews say this book gets going at the half-way point. I knit while listening to an audio version to keep from impatiently drumming my fingers on my iPad. I got to Part II and gave up. I know it's magical realism but to me it was more curse than magic.

You can tell when you've read too many of an author's books - this one dragged with extended conversations