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The Cana Mystery
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I don’t read thrillers and I was less than ‘thrilled’ when an enthusiastic friend urged me to open The Cana Mystery.
I studied English Lit in college; I’ll admit that I’m a book snob. For example, I hated The Da Vinci Code. I can’t stand Tom Clancy or Nelson DeMille. I won’t say Beckett is the next Marcel Proust, but, to my surprise, The Cana Mystery offers moments of literary excellence.
Looking past some raw sections, attentive readers will discover, amid the book’s shootouts, secret codes, island hopping, and other genre mainstays, sentences and paragraphs whose force and beauty reveal the writer’s gifts.
Many chapters contain such gems, making the novel an enjoyable, invigorating read. 4.5 stars: artistic, intelligent, action-adventure targeted to an educated, perceptive audience.
I studied English Lit in college; I’ll admit that I’m a book snob. For example, I hated The Da Vinci Code. I can’t stand Tom Clancy or Nelson DeMille. I won’t say Beckett is the next Marcel Proust, but, to my surprise, The Cana Mystery offers moments of literary excellence.
Looking past some raw sections, attentive readers will discover, amid the book’s shootouts, secret codes, island hopping, and other genre mainstays, sentences and paragraphs whose force and beauty reveal the writer’s gifts.
Many chapters contain such gems, making the novel an enjoyable, invigorating read. 4.5 stars: artistic, intelligent, action-adventure targeted to an educated, perceptive audience.
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Reading Progress
Started Reading
March 27, 2014
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Finished Reading
March 28, 2014
– Shelved