Title: I was hoping for a well-written page-turner, but...
Product review: After hearing a very favorable review on NPR, I put The Statement on the top of my reading list. So, I was very disappointed to figure out the end before I had finished the first 25 pages. The plot held promise but Moore delivered it with leaden prose. Brossard's thoughts, repeated throughout the book, offered little insight (he didn't want to get caught, etc.) and the characters were drawn with minimal strokes.I laughed at the lone scene of brief nudity in the book. It seems as if it were inserted solely for the purpose of eliciting a blurb like "...a sexy, taut thriller, blah blah blah".
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