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longhornrach's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
debs4jc's review against another edition
3.0
Collaborative novels aren't always the best idea...but this one does an admirable job of weaving a tale of suspense with many twists and turns.[return]The tale centers around a manuscript supposedly composed by Fredric Chopin. Former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton comes across this manuscript--and almost immediately also comes across the dead bodies of those who got in the way of the unknown assassins who are willing to kill for it. As he races from Poland to America to uncover the mystery of the manuscript, Middleton will be accused of murder, pursued by federal agents, and targeted by assassins. But the greatest threat will come from a shadowy figure out of his past: the man known only as Faust.
jhouses's review against another edition
1.0
Leyendo la página de Alferd Molina (Doc Oc) en la wikipedia, descubrí que además de ser un británico de ascendencia hispano-italiana, había narrado un audiolibro escrito a modo de cadaver exquisito por 15 escritores de thriller. Un capítulo cada uno.
Escuchar a Molina es un placer aunque no tanto como pillar un audiolibro con Stephen Fry. Es distante y poco expresivo. Tampoco ayuda que le libro sea (como se podía esperar) como ver un choque de trenes a cámara lenta. Los pequeños desastres se acumulan hasta el precipicio final. Al principio, cada nuevo escritor va añadiendo personajes, intentando sumar a lo que hicieron los anteriores sin tener que desarrollar la trama. Después, cuando decidierón que no podían ya meter mas, los personajes se van cayendo y olvidando o desarrollando en caminos completamente desquiciados en una serie de plot twists que no es que termine por girar 360º , es que despues sigue dando vueltas en un carrusel de intrigas anidadas que despojan de sentido incluso al título. Traiciones, requetetraiciones y recontratraiciones en una trama criminal que no se sostiene ni resiste el más mínimo examen.
Hace quedar bien al mismisimo [b:El código da Vinci|67556|El código da Vinci|Dan Brown|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1372536207l/67556._SX50_.jpg|2982101].
Escuchar a Molina es un placer aunque no tanto como pillar un audiolibro con Stephen Fry. Es distante y poco expresivo. Tampoco ayuda que le libro sea (como se podía esperar) como ver un choque de trenes a cámara lenta. Los pequeños desastres se acumulan hasta el precipicio final. Al principio, cada nuevo escritor va añadiendo personajes, intentando sumar a lo que hicieron los anteriores sin tener que desarrollar la trama. Después, cuando decidierón que no podían ya meter mas, los personajes se van cayendo y olvidando o desarrollando en caminos completamente desquiciados en una serie de plot twists que no es que termine por girar 360º , es que despues sigue dando vueltas en un carrusel de intrigas anidadas que despojan de sentido incluso al título. Traiciones, requetetraiciones y recontratraiciones en una trama criminal que no se sostiene ni resiste el más mínimo examen.
Hace quedar bien al mismisimo [b:El código da Vinci|67556|El código da Vinci|Dan Brown|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1372536207l/67556._SX50_.jpg|2982101].
cdbaker's review against another edition
3.0
Fifteen or so mystery/thriller writers came together and each wrote a chapter of a book. I like the idea of such a collaboration, but the book itself was just okay. Entertaining enough, but the characters were all pretty one-dimensional and the plot wasn't very hard to figure out. Also, they added music between every chapter AND sometimes at 'exciting' points in the plot, which I find really, really annoying in an audiobook. That was almost enough to get me to drop it down to two stars.
brunchisyum's review against another edition
1.0
Instructive on how good story tellers and writers can write a bad story. This sort of experiment should have remained confined to elementary school projects.
kwilterkris's review against another edition
4.0
this is what I listen to when I am not with my children so I dont listen to odd thomas =)
innae's review against another edition
3.0
I picked this up at the library because I was intrigued by the concept -- 15 different authors. I was pleasantly surprised - while it did seem a little jumpy in places overall the story was well told. I especially liked the Polish Detective and his Buttercup (and Alfred Molina can call me buttercup in a Polish accent any time he wants :-)
barbi312's review against another edition
2.0
In a word, contrived. Individually, some of the authors are among my favorites. Together, they don't make music.