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2.0 out of 5 stars Not their best work, December 25, 2006

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Speedy Reader "hooked on books" (Peoria, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keeper of the Keys (Hardcover)

I've read all the books in the Nina Reilly series and they were really enjoyable but this stand alone attempt is pretty bad. The writing is long winded and convoluted, the story does not play out well and by the end you realize it doesn't make a bit of sense. I truly hope they go back to the style of writing they are used to and get off this path quickly. This book was a real disappointment.

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1.0 out of 5 stars How Can People Like This Book?, January 24, 2007

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This review is from: Keeper of the Keys (Hardcover)

I won't even go bore you with the storyline of this novel, because that might make it sound interesting and the absolute last thing I want to accomplish in this review it to give you any inclination to read this book. To put it eloquently, it sucked--though not hard enough or long enough to be worth even a good laugh. Don't waste your precious time on it. The whole thing is gratingly cliché. Plow as you will through the miry cast of annoyingly trite characters and mediocre prose in order to ultimately discover the big twist you are so obviously set up for, the big surprise will leave you so thoroughly unsatisfied you just might have to take a cold shower.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointing Read, November 25, 2006

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A Greer (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keeper of the Keys (Hardcover)

I am a Perri O'Shaughnessy fan and eagerly look forward to each new book. However, I must say this book was a complete and total disappointment. The storyline is confusing and completely uninteresting. There is nothing about this story that keeps the reader's attention. I am trying to finish this book but at page 230, it's so boring and dry, I don't think I can keep going.

I highly recommend the Nina Reilly series but unfortunately, this book is no where the calibur of writing exhibited in that series.

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