Matthew Guinn
Auteur van The Resurrectionist: A Novel
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I really enjoyed this book. I'm sure events very similar to these actually did happen. After all, aspiring surgeons needed bodies to practice on. A happy ending for all concerned.
Dark novel about a detective called into solve brutal murders in post - reconstruction Atlanta. Murder and death scenes described in too much detail all throughout the book. Won't read this author again.
A serial killer is terrorizing Antebellum Atlanta, who if not caught quickly will jeopardize the success of the upcoming 1881 International Cotton Exposition. Prominent black businessmen are found dead with a single letter carved into their forehead. Detective Thomas Canby, a disgraced former Atlanta policeman, is called back into town to help find the killer. He is partnered with Atlanta's African-American police officer, Cyrus Underwood.
After reading the blurb on the inside dust jacket flap, I was eager to read this book, especially the relationship between the two officers. I was disappointed to find that Underwood made very few appearances in the book. When he did make make appearance there was little substance, the character was not fleshed out. The reader never understood the motivations behind this character. Did he have a past? How did he break the racial barrier to become the first black police officer? For a character that received top billing on a book's dust jacket flap, I expected more than I read.… (meer)
After reading the blurb on the inside dust jacket flap, I was eager to read this book, especially the relationship between the two officers. I was disappointed to find that Underwood made very few appearances in the book. When he did make make appearance there was little substance, the character was not fleshed out. The reader never understood the motivations behind this character. Did he have a past? How did he break the racial barrier to become the first black police officer? For a character that received top billing on a book's dust jacket flap, I expected more than I read.… (meer)
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- 3.3
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I gave up! I tried both reading the book and listening to the audiobook, but neither worked for me. The story seemed interesting, but the characters left no impression on me. For instance, one character showed up, just to be killed off a soon after, and I had already forgotten his name. This is just such a bland book with underdeveloped characters that I struggled to not let my mind wander whiles listening to the book.