Title: Much potential, little payoff.
Product review: I wanted to like this book. I TRIED to like it. Alas, I could not. More ridiculous scenarious unfold in just one day of the narrative than should appear in the entire book. The plot devices seem contrived (e.g., Jew-hater discovers he's half Jewish), and the action laughable. The main character, despite all her swashbuckling chutzpah, could not hold my interest. The writing seems amateurish, and while I enjoy the Parisian references, they seem forced and gimmicky. I'm one Francophile who couldn't stomach it.
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