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4.0 out of 5 stars A mystery that keeps you guessing, April 24 2001

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Erowida (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Fatal Inversion (Mass Market Paperback)

Unless you are aware that the book itself IS a mystery, and read the crucial 2 questions on the backof the book and continually remind yourself of them, the first 3 quarters of the book seem like theyre heading in the direction you want and expect them to...but if youre not alert and pondering, the end will grab you like a string...the persn you don't expect, the person who is accused of killing the person who you didnt expect...its all baffling for a traditional mystery, but it even has a happy ending to go along with it!

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent read, Dec 15 2000

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Sylvain Nicoulaud (Montpellier, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A FATAL INVERSION (Hardcover)

Very good book which I recommend to anyone but could anybody explain the final twist to me please?

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1.0 out of 5 stars Painful experience, Dec 7 2000

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First, there are only two reasons I even completed the book: I wasn't going to let a bad writer get the best of a good reader, and I didn't have much other choice for books written in English at that time. Contrary to the other reviewers' opinions, I think the characters show very little development. They remain self-centered hedonists the entire time and do the things self-centered hedonists do. Ms. Vine tried to give the novel a dark and foreboding tone, but only succeeded in suffocating the reader with a wet blanket of boredom. While she could have redeemed the book with better descriptions of the settings and changes in that, she only made half-hearted attempts to do so. I have not read any other Vine/Rendell books, but my advice is to pass this one until you've read another. I hope it is just one bad book amongst some good ones.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great character development
Vine has taken great efforts to develop many of her characters, big and small. Unfortunately the details for me became tedious and it did take a long time to get into the meat... Read more

Published on July 24 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars WOW...powerful ending and wonderful story-telling
This is the first Barbara Vine book I've read and I really enjoyed it. I found the first couple of chapters hard to get through, but I'm so glad I did stick with it. Read more

Published on July 20 1998 by mutch@rmi.net/Kate Mutch