That's fair comment. I'm so used to this thread (and most of the others) being nothing but a long list of consumables I rarely expect any comeback.your opinion can't be weighed without substantiating detail. And if you're unwilling to provide that, because you're not on salary, why bother to post such a dismissive trashing?
Thank you. And I'd like to balance my post fairly by adding: Michiko K, of the NYT, did have some high praise for the novel, but also some grave qualifications (only discovered when I read the entire review), as did many readers who've loved the book but found it flawed. To give just one example: it really would have been enough to mention that the hero-journalist wrote a controversial book on the economic scene--especially since the novel itself is showing high controversy in action. Nevertheless, the author spends three entire pages on the structure and contents of the hero's book. I was so caught up in the characters and the mystery that my interest never flagged. But I can see, without much effort, how others might be put off by such things. That said, I'm enjoying the second book immensely and am saddened all over again by the knowledge that the three books are all we will get.
