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Title: Very disappointing, sloppy
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed the first two volumes in The Ladies No.1 Detective Agency series; however, this entry was a huge disappointment. What can you say about a book where there are not only plot inconsistencies across volumes (Precious's father left her 180 cattle in volume 1 but that number is given as 2000 in this volume) but within the volume itself (the Government Man clearly says of his youngest brother, 'He is my brother of another mother.' However later on in the book the Government Man's mother is claiming the youngest son as her own and no further mention is ever made of the 'other mother'. Further there are plot stubs that go nowhere as far as I can tell -- the Lion Boy, Ms. Makutsi's brother and Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni's illness. Seriously, seriously disappointing.
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