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Title: Lots of style, no substance
Review: If you read books primarily for your enjoyment of the atmosphere they create, ignore this review and go buy the book. Van der Meer does a very good job of creating a mood that is by turns eerie, nostalgic and foreboding. However,if you enjoy a well-developed plot to go along with your character development, don't waste your time. You walk away from the book being able to point out the characters on the street. But the tantalizing question of the identity and motivations of the grey caps is left largely unexplored. I read this book all in one setting, thinking that Van der Meer was doing a slow burn up to a climactic finale...but no such reward was in store. All in all this was a few hours of my life I wish I had spent on a different book.
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