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Originally Posted by caleb72
Now I've launched into A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine. About 20% in and this is the usual slow burn Vine book.
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Ah - the satisfying feeling of finishing another Barbara Vine book. I've never been that big on Crime/Mysteries but Vine's mysteries are quite different. They do quite often focus on a crime somewhere, but that's only ever part of the story.
She might lead with the news of a crime and even the perpetrator, but you spend the book wondering why, and in what context the crime was committed. Then comes the slow unwrapping of the gift.
Just my type of book.
I've also devoured Barry Eisler's
A Clean Kill in Tokyo (originally released as
Rain Fall). This one was mainly digested via audiobook, but I transferred back and forth between audio and ereading (love that Whispersync for voice).
It was a good story - fun, had a good pace and plenty of action. But it also had its issues for me. Excessive use of terminology and Japanese. Some of it made sense, but I tired of the judo terminology during the fight scenes. Also, there seemed to be rather big logic issues with the character, with his background in Japan and his perceptions of his anonymity, with the ability for him to hide other people but not himself. The author was doing some filtering of details that got in his way so he could herd the character along the story he wanted to tell.
But overall I enjoyed the story. Thrillers like this are hopefully fun - and this one certainly was.
Now I'm going to read another indie. This one is
Cansville by Alan Flurry. This one seems to have a more literary style I think with less action, but hopefully no less enjoyment.
