Nothing bad, but nothing impressive either. Feels like playing a videogame. Excellent writing, but the story, not so much...

Too slow for me, I got bored. And too studied, too “tell, don't show”

Not badly written, but 1. i got really bored, 2. too often it was not believable, sometimes ridiculously so 3. at least one of the storylines (of 3) should have been cut, cause it dragged the book down.

A very good issue. Spedding was ok, madson was very good and staveley was exceptionally good. Now I know I definitely must read staveley and should also try madson.

Almost all are well written, but almost all also require the reader to be familiar with the respective series in order to enjoy (some even to understand). Overall, I did NOT enjoy the anthology because of that (and some duds), but the literature itself is obviously top level.

Read 6 stories (30%). Enjoyed not one of them. 2 started very well, but eventually fizzled out into boredom. The rest not even that. None was terrible, all had ok or good writing, but I simply lost hope for the anthology as a whole.

Plenty of infodump, boring as hell and not credible

Personal nu agreez deloc genul crime, dar m-am gândit că poate reușesc să citesc acest roman nu drept un policier, ci drept un Stephen King. Nu a funcționat, pentru că s-a străduit să bifeze tropii familiari (și probabil ceruți de fanii de policier).

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Fan-fiction level. Good for fan fiction, but not more. Also, the author seems to think no noun can ever go without at least one (redundant) adjective.

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Nota nu este pentru politicianul Obama sau ideile sale politice - sunt 100% de acord cu acestea. Nota este pentru scriitorul Obama, care m-a cam plictisit cu multiple divagații, și editorul său, care ar fi trebuit să taie de la 800 pag la cifra inițial vizată, 500. Restul sunt în plus.

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