“Far fetched British thriller covering apothecary and pagan rituals.
He ties Isaac Newton into the plot and suggests that Newton was madly connecting the Planets by murdering victim will provide eternal life.
I’d say Enid Blyton meets Scooby Doo
Score 3/10
Date read November 2007
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His second novel, and one I’d been looking forward to. Having read this backwards novel I was left wondering on the ride it had taken me. Yes worth reading and a great opening about bottles of Chateaux Petrus, just not as good as his first.
Score 7.5/10
Date read October 2007
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“New one from the author of The Kite Runner. This is all about Afghanistan and the way women are treated by the male society. A misery tale of two women who are either forced or tricked into marrying the same odious man.
Ultimately a tragic love story, bitter/sweet.
Highlights the hardship of people in modern day Afghanistan.
Score 8/10
Date read October 2007
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Published in 1994 and well done. Reminded me of Greene’s End of the Affair. A WW2 love affair, told to us by the love lost Doctor who isn’t able to cope with his tragic life and falls for his lovers son, this is his a once sided affair.
The flavour is odd and makes you wonder just what the author wants to say. Good read.
Score 8/10
Date read October 2007
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