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Alex Pavesi

Autor de Eight Detectives

2 Obras 605 Miembros 37 Reseñas

Obras de Alex Pavesi

Eight Detectives (2020) 604 copias

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
20th century
Género
male
Nacionalidad
UK
Lugares de residencia
London, England, UK
Educación
PhD, Mathematics
Ocupaciones
bookseller
software engineer
Agente
James Willis

Miembros

Reseñas

Started in august and now it’s November and I couldn’t finish it. Slow and creepy but maybe I was just in the wrong mood? May try again later.
 
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hmonkeyreads | 36 reseñas más. | Jan 25, 2024 |
If this book was just insufferably boring then it would be a 2-star book, but seeing how it is insufferably boring AND long I cannot give it more than a single star. The story starts out horrid and bizarre, but that is quickly explained at the beginning of the second chapter. But at the end of the second chapter, in the first handful of pages, you can deduce just about the entire story. And after that, it gets insufferably worse as what amounts to the two characters in the story are horrid and hateful.

That's the end of my Pavesi experiment.
… (más)
 
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Picathartes | 36 reseñas más. | Jan 19, 2024 |
Engaging. Your feelings about the ending of the framing narrative may vary (it is hotly debated amongst my friends) but if you enjoy "golden age" detective fiction, the central stories - and the series of twists late in the game - are really rather clever.
 
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therebelprince | 36 reseñas más. | Oct 24, 2023 |
A young woman comes to visit an author and mathematician. She would like to publish his manuscript written 30 years earlier, but first they must discuss the stories. As she points out discrepancies and errors in the stories, he can't seem to tell her why they are they. Each one of the stories has some tie in to The White Murders, but the author denies it.
As the story progresses, you recognize the homage to various mysteries. However, it is unclear until later what the real motive was behind the discussion of the manuscript and who the players are. Very clever.… (más)
 
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rmarcin | 36 reseñas más. | Aug 21, 2023 |

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Obras
2
Miembros
605
Popularidad
#41,547
Valoración
½ 3.3
Reseñas
37
ISBNs
20
Idiomas
3

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