Steve Gross

Same problem as with the earlier book - everything goes, everything means everything. It would have been nice to see examples of bad poetry.

Short book but twice as long as it needs to be. Tolstoy seems to say everything at least twice. Issue is important and deep but doesn't seem to be resolved.

Too sad

Interesting first attempt at “The Mysterious Island”

These are strange books - the author is a character, lots of current references and always a feeling that I'm missing something. The ending is satisfying.

Not sure who this book is aimed at - kids or adults. Author intrudes too much in the text.

Not what I was expecting - fantasy and ghouls, but a decent romp.

Everything about this book screams “Amateurish” - the writing, the dialogue, the characters, the plot. Even the subtitle = “When Justice is blind, scavengers do the hunting”. What the heck does that even mean? It's awful.
Avoid this book.

What happens at the denouement is unclear.

OK very British mystery but kind of depressing

When I first discovered Elvis Cole, I thought the mysteries were great. But a few years ago, I thought Crais had jumped the shark, particularly his fascination with writing as a dog. I'm happy to say that this book has gone back to the old Elvis books. One quibble: why does Crais capitalize “Attroney” throughout the book?

The dialogue was mostly vapid. “Do you want to talk?” “No” “Do you want to talk?” “No”. Plotting needs some work as well.

Nice history of electricity, however, explanations are not always clear and the author intrudes too much with personal stories.

Decent mystery set in Victorian Toronto. The language is often difficult for us older, non-Canadian folks.

I wanted to like this book more but I didn't think the author did a good job of explaining the genetics

I bought this because I read an article about dating by the author and it was true and funny. Not so this book. Ansari is not as funny as he thinks he is. And with writing like this: (page 128): “ ...load the cheapest s* I can fill my tank and get the f* out of there”. What truly excellent prose!

An excellent work of history, science, Judaism and erudition. The only drawback was the subject is rather depressing.

Lots of interesting content. The book suffers badly from the lack of an index and Biblical citations. Also, the author thinks his little ending tags are cute. They're not.

Lots of twists

Every PAGE is filled WITH capital LETTER acronyms that get annoying VERY fast. Also, my pet peeve - attributing dialogue and thoughts to another character that are probably made up, although in this case, the author did interview the main character.

Interesting book but some flaws. The author never wants to say “X is Y” which I get, but he never says that “X is not Y” which would help one understand symbols and meanings. He works hard at a folksy, aw shucks “I'm a regular guy like you” mien which gets tiresome. Finally, not everyone is Christian and he could have explained some of the religious ideas.

Not as coherent as the others in this series

The author's love of Hebrew shines through. A treat for Lashon Lovers!

One of the deeper ones for psychological insight

Not as deep as the usual series, but still good.