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mhanlon's review against another edition
2.0
The ending was quite good... brilliant, even, but I had to grit my teeth and listen through (audiobook) Bruen's painfully too self-aware jack Taylor for the first four and a half hours (of a five hour reading).
I know that Bruen's got a shining reputation as a master of Irish hard boiled crime fiction, but I find it too heavy handed, too obviously *written*, to be enjoyable as a story.
I know that Bruen's got a shining reputation as a master of Irish hard boiled crime fiction, but I find it too heavy handed, too obviously *written*, to be enjoyable as a story.
ctgt's review against another edition
5.0
My bromance with [a:Ken Bruen|63807|Ken Bruen|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1254400915p2/63807.jpg] and his Jack Taylor character continues. You know how sometimes there is an author or character that just hits all the right notes? This is mine. Frankly, I could care less about the cases involved in the story, I want to know more about Taylor. There is a case involving the Pikemen, a vigilante group and some quirky things going on with two deaths and books by [a:J.M. Synge|4332478|J.M. Synge|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1311749447p2/4332478.jpg] but for me it's all about Jack. He is sober throughout the majority of the story and watching him cope with that as he works his way around the cases is fascinating to me. His internal monologue as he decides how to respond to situations is what keeps me coming back for more. Oh, and what a brutal ending!
mhanlon's review
2.0
The ending was quite good... brilliant, even, but I had to grit my teeth and listen through (audiobook) Bruen's painfully too self-aware jack Taylor for the first four and a half hours (of a five hour reading).
I know that Bruen's got a shining reputation as a master of Irish hard boiled crime fiction, but I find it too heavy handed, too obviously *written*, to be enjoyable as a story.
I know that Bruen's got a shining reputation as a master of Irish hard boiled crime fiction, but I find it too heavy handed, too obviously *written*, to be enjoyable as a story.
lnatal's review
4.0
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A female student dies from a fall from the roof of the university. She is dressed in a theatre costume and wears a ring of paper with a quote from the play "Deirdre of the Sorrows" typed within. When drugs are found in the young woman's blood, the Police assume suicide as the cause of death. The Literature Professor of the dead student believes that his student has been murdered and asks Jack for help.
4* The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)
3* The Magdalen Martyrs (Jack Taylor, #3)
4* The Dramatist (Jack Taylor, #4)
3* Cross (Jack Taylor, #6)
A female student dies from a fall from the roof of the university. She is dressed in a theatre costume and wears a ring of paper with a quote from the play "Deirdre of the Sorrows" typed within. When drugs are found in the young woman's blood, the Police assume suicide as the cause of death. The Literature Professor of the dead student believes that his student has been murdered and asks Jack for help.
4* The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)
3* The Magdalen Martyrs (Jack Taylor, #3)
4* The Dramatist (Jack Taylor, #4)
3* Cross (Jack Taylor, #6)
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