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Title: Really not very good
Review: Well, I've read Scudder, Bernie, and the other Block main characters, so I know Block. This book starts off well, with a very interesting plot. It even has an interesting and surprisingly sympathetic, murderer.But the over-the-top sex scenes were just plain boring after a while. By the end, I didn't really care much for Susan. And are we really to believe a macho former police commissioner would let himself be so utterly dominated by a woman? And are we really to believe that this same woman "teaches" another man he's gay? Please.Finally, the ending is just too little, too late. By the time the Carpenter meets his maker, I'd just about had it with the book.In short, this book was too long, and the heavy emphasis on sex made the story, and the characters, LESS interesting than more.
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