http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2009/04/02/jennies-review-the-black-monastery-by-stav-sherez/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:25:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2009/04/02/jennies-review-the-black-monastery-by-stav-sherez/comment-page-1/#comment-2697 Jennie Blake Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:41:59 +0000 http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/?p=2473#comment-2697 I think that the book suffers from genre expectations, a bit. I was also a little frustrated with it, mystery-wise, until I finally decided it wasn't the book's fault it was being marketed as a thriller. At that point, as a sort of general work of fiction, it began to work much, much better for me. It's late, so I'm not explaining this very well, but I think you're right to say that the mystery isn't the most satisfying part of the book--I preferred the contrasts between the characters, the island, and their actions to the mystery itself. I think that the book suffers from genre expectations, a bit. I was also a little frustrated with it, mystery-wise, until I finally decided it wasn’t the book’s fault it was being marketed as a thriller. At that point, as a sort of general work of fiction, it began to work much, much better for me. It’s late, so I’m not explaining this very well, but I think you’re right to say that the mystery isn’t the most satisfying part of the book–I preferred the contrasts between the characters, the island, and their actions to the mystery itself.

]]> http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2009/04/02/jennies-review-the-black-monastery-by-stav-sherez/comment-page-1/#comment-2671 SPP Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:52:14 +0000 http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/?p=2473#comment-2671 I found this one a little disappointing and a bit underwritten. It's obviously a good book but the three character storyline isn't kept up all the way through and the themes are a bit ho hum. At one point I was very much enjoying it and thought it could've been in Patricia Highsmith country, but in the end it seemed a little routine. Or did I miss something? I found this one a little disappointing and a bit underwritten. It’s obviously a good book but the three character storyline isn’t kept up all the way through and the themes are a bit ho hum. At one point I was very much enjoying it and thought it could’ve been in Patricia Highsmith country, but in the end it seemed a little routine. Or did I miss something?

]]> http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2009/04/02/jennies-review-the-black-monastery-by-stav-sherez/comment-page-1/#comment-2666 Stav Sherez » BookGeeks Review Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:36:32 +0000 http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/?p=2473#comment-2666 [...] review from the great BookGeeks [...] [...] review from the great BookGeeks [...]

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