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Review title: Awful.
Product review: I really tried to like this book and I thought the concept was interesting...but the terrible dialogue, complete lack of suspence and flat characters made me stop reading about half way through. From the beginning there was never any compelling evidence as to why Catherine (the main character for the modern portion of the book) was in danger, yet she is shot at and has her apartment broken into, all for simply having heard about the chess set. I would recommend any of the other popular historical/intrigue novels (Angels & Demons, DaVinci Code, The Rule of Four, Name of the Rose) over this one.
