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Title: The Boring Man
Review: This one seems to be getting high praise, but I think those reviews must be from established fans of Deaver or the genre itself. I found this novel to be extremely boring. Yes, there's much research into forensics and the magic business, but the author tends to talk down to the reader, which I find annoying. One example would be the over explaining of the classic illusion "Sawing A Woman In Half." Is there really anyone out there who doesn't know the basic theme of this well-known magic effect?In what is otherwise very stiff text, Deaver attempts to make the characters sound more natural by throwing in way too many contractions ("or is" becoming "or's") from every character. Contrived and distracting.Ridiculous turns of events and cardboard characters who all sound alike seem to be par for the course these days, but beyond that I just couldn't find anything of interest here.
