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Title: Recommended
Review: "Still Life With Crows" is one of those books which one wants to like based on previous works by the same authors. While "Still Life..." wasn't a bad book--it kept my interest until the last scenes--it seemed to be too self-consciously written, self-referential, and tried too hard to be clever and funny, both of which it failed at. Featuring a sub-plot that seemed to go nowhere from their previous book, "Cabinet of Curiosities," "Still Life With Crows" also featured the odd and eccentric FBI Agent Pendergast from the same story.Preston/Childs stories are always well-told, but this one isn't one of their best. Even so, I recommend reading this book!
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