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A review by han_cat
It Walks by Night by John Dickson Carr
2.0
Oh, I'm hovering between a 1 and a 2 star rating! More a 1 but having said that I don't regret reading it so I'll go with 2.
Can tell it's a first novel, very much in the style of Poe or Conan-Doyle and it's this trying too hard that probably is where it fails. Quite difficult to follow and read; the narrator you know nothing about is annoying, characters all unlikeable. But there's potential in amongst all that. Glad it's first Dickson Carr I've read it leaves room to progress!
Can tell it's a first novel, very much in the style of Poe or Conan-Doyle and it's this trying too hard that probably is where it fails. Quite difficult to follow and read; the narrator you know nothing about is annoying, characters all unlikeable. But there's potential in amongst all that. Glad it's first Dickson Carr I've read it leaves room to progress!