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5.0 out of 5 stars One marvelous book, Oct 7 2003
By Veta "Veta" (Vernon Hills, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Total Recall (Mass Market Paperback)
I am a very vivid reader with interests form detective story to politics, from history to genetics, from time travel to physics. I read a lot, on average 6-8 books a week. This is the BEST book I have read in a long while. It has so much history, human psychology, analytical and deduction skills and such a humane statement in it that you continue thinking about this book and characters long after you finish reading it. It might be a little slow in the beginning, but than it was much too fast for me at the end. Once you get to the first corpse, you cannot put the book down. Lotty Herschel's character is the best-written personage. It is such a vivid description of all the atrocities and horrors of WWII that made me cry many times during the book, all these people who were on top of the world a lost everything, and the reality of it happening again. It is such a psychological drama, and such a sweet sorrow with such an optimistic ending that you want to read about these characters over and over again. I am sorry to see some people give this book 1 star, they are just cold, hard, unsophisticated, and neglectful if they cannot see beauty of these book. Read it - you will enjoy it.
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1.0 out of 5 stars A muddled read, Sep 2 2003
By "bjones111" (Cinnaminson, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Total Recall (Mass Market Paperback)
I plowed through this latest VI Warshawski book. It was hard concentrating on the story itself when I kept trying to figure out how Paretsky tied all the threads together in the first place. Lotty is brusque as usual, but this time she is also just plain miserable. Carl is miserable, Don is miserable, Calia is miserable - in fact everyone in this latest disaster is miserable. The only goodness comes from VI and Morrell, but it's not a "good" goodness. VI has changed. No more fighting, fuming, or chasing. The down-on-her-luck, tough as hell VI seems to have disappeared and has been replaced with this gentle soul who has found true love. BLAH! Couple this with the fact that we're treated to Paretsky's (and I guess VI's) political views on the Holocaust, slave reparations, and even the Taliban. I liked VI so much more before I found out she was a liberal!
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1.0 out of 5 stars What Happened to V.I.?, Aug 26 2003
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This review is from: Total Recall (Mass Market Paperback)
I have read every VI Warshawski novel and, up until now, loved them all. This is a go-nowhere, who cares book. The tie in of the characters is so unbelievable that you have a hard time following the plot and don't really care anyway. The political views are boring and VI has totally lost all the personality I once admired. She is becoming boring and, therefore, I was bored! Does Lotty have to be miserable ALL THE TIME? There was no development of any of the characters and none of them were their usual selves. Don't read this book. It stinks!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating tale involving the Holocaust and memories...
This was one of Paretsky's better mysteries with her sleuth, V. I. Warshawski. The basic premise of the book involves recent events (90's) by children of parents killed in the... Read more
Published on Feb 14 2003 by K. L Sadler

3.0 out of 5 stars Where Is the Mystery?
I found this latest entry in the V.I. Warshawski series oddly compelling. I really shouldn't have liked this book. Read more
Published on Jan 31 2003 by Shannon M. Scott

1.0 out of 5 stars If you like REAL mysteries, move on...
500 pages of boring dribble. Typical political nonsense: rich people are evil, corporations are evil, the judicial system is evil, and all poor people and prisoners are simply... Read more
Published on Jan 25 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Paretsky's Holocaust novel is interesting
Sara Paretsky has something in common with Dick Francis. Every one of Francis' novels is about horse racing, and something else. Read more
Published on Jan 1 2003 by David W. Nicholas

1.0 out of 5 stars oh dear!
As other readers have observed, this is a grindingly boring, endlessly repetitious book--and that's NOT because she tackles political or social or historical issues. Read more
Published on Dec 30 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars Not so Good
The plot of the book has been mentioned by others so won't be included here. I did not like this book for 2 reasons:

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Published on Dec 19 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Paretsky's Best Book to date!
I have always enjoyed her books, but this was the most profoundly great story she has written yet. I couldn't put it down.
Published on Dec 13 2002 by Kathleen L. Clapsaddle

3.0 out of 5 stars Too much book, too little reward
I've read all of Paretsky's books so far, and I will read more--because she's a good writer, and I'm not giving up after one grindingly boring experience. Read more
Published on Nov 18 2002 by Judith Lindenau

1.0 out of 5 stars don't bother
Very disappointing. I had promised myself a relaxed evening and bought the book, but there was nothing at all to hold my interest. Read more
Published on Nov 12 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars True Mystery
A stupid book. I can't recall all of Monsignor Knox's rules for mystery writers, but one of them has to be that your detective shouldn't be an unlikeable moron. Read more
Published on Oct 24 2002 by William T. Spont

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