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I've been reading it for only one day and a half,
but already LOVE it!
Actually, the very beginning was quite painful, because I first opened the book during my acupuncture session. Let's say that the outbursts of laughing didn't really help.
I only pray it goes on like this till the end!

UPDATE:
Yes, it does. ... (continue)

Not sure if it's my fault (my English not being good enough) or Rankin's, but the story didn't really flow through my hands. Still, I quite enjoyed the main character, Inspector John Rebus, and his entourage. What I didn't really appreciate was the trick of using an after death confession (through a diary) as an explanation of what happened five years earlier at the Central Hotel. But, hey, the trick worked. ... (continue)

Entertaining and full of good feelings - but never exceedingly sugary.

So far, the best dr. Kay Scarpetta I've ever met :)

I got to the end smoothly and quickly. A little bit too easy, this story. Or maybe I simply didn't want it to be finished...

"The thing was: One million years ago, back in A.D. 1986, Guayaquil was the chief seaport of the little South American democracy of Ecuador [...] Human beings had much bigger brains back then than they do today, and so they could be beguiled by mysteries."
The thing is: How misleading our far too big brains are, in our everyday life? ;) ... (continue)

I'll re-read it soon, because I drunk it too quickly. I know the plot was good and the characters are beautiful. And I love the cover! Even if confused, the book left me a warm, loving feeling.