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Book Review: Evil for Evil by James R. Benn
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Book Review: Evil for Evil by James R. Benn

Man of la BookFebruary 18, 2025

The contrast between the romanticized ideals which he was taught, and the experience of a country torn by a civil war an interesting aspect of the book

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Book Review: The Order of the Furies: 1795 by Niklas Natt och Dag
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Book Review: The Order of the Furies: 1795 by Niklas Natt och Dag

Man of la BookMay 7, 2024

The plot, while historically interesting, goes on irrelevant side stories. The ending is just OK, very strange, and, I thought, unsatisfying.

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Book Review: 1794: The City Between the Bridges by Niklas Natt och Dag
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Book Review: 1794: The City Between the Bridges by Niklas Natt och Dag

Man of la BookJanuary 2, 2024

1794: The City Between the Bridges is a dark, brutal story is unrelenting, but difficult to stop reading which is a testament to the excellent translation

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Book Review: The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham
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Book Review: The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham

Man of la BookNovember 3, 2022

The two childhood friends find themselves on opposite sides of the courtroom, in a showdown that will live its mark on Biloxi for generations to come

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Book Review: Perfume by Patrick Süskind
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Book Review: Perfume by Patrick Süskind

Man of la BookFebruary 15, 2022

This book is brilliant, insane and twisted – a grotesque fable, sometimes funny & beautifully written. Even my daughter came to enjoy it after the first chapter

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Book Review: The Heathens by Ace Atkins
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Book Review: The Heathens by Ace Atkins

Man of la BookJuly 19, 2021

Sheriff Quinn Colson of Tibbehah County has a strange case on his hand. TJ Byrd, a teenage girl, insists she didn’t kill her mother and Colson believes her.

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Book Review: Metropolis by Philip Kerr
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Book Review: Metropolis by Philip Kerr

Man of la BookMay 15, 2019

A novel featuring German detective Bernie Gunther, this time between World War I and II. This is the 14th book in the series, published after Mr. Kerr’s death.

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Book Review: The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag
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Book Review: The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag

Man of la BookMarch 7, 2019

The horror in this book has nothing to do with imaginary monsters, but with the horror of what humans are able to do to one another. It is fascinating

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Book Review: The Fallen by Ace Atkins
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Book Review: The Fallen by Ace Atkins

Man of la BookJuly 12, 2017

Quinn Colson is sheriff again after winning the election but Tibbehah County, Mississippi is not letting him rest. Vets robbing banks, & two girls went missing.

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Book Review: The Innocents by Ace Atkins
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Book Review: The Innocents by Ace Atkins

Man of la BookJune 20, 2016

What I truly enjoy in this series is that some of the people in it cannot keep on the straight and narrow path no matter what happens

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