Title: A Big Disappointment
Product review: i have read all the previous Aurelio Zen novels and found them well written with interesting plots that always contained at least a few clever twists. I was looking forward to this latest in the series, but I regret to say that I found it a great disappointment. There is a world of difference between a plot with twists and the wholesale substitution of improbable coincidences and bizarre characters for a plot. In the course of reading the book, I was tempted to put it down for good a half dozen times, but persevered because of my high opinion of the earlier books. I kept on hoping that somehow Dibdin would redeem himself, but the absurd coincidences and characters persisted until the end. It will be quite a while before I read another Dibdin novel.
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
