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Bezig met laden... The Graft (2004)door Martina Cole
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This book was sitting on my shelves for a while before I got around to reading it. I bought it by mistake one day - thinking the title said The CRAFT, not Graft lol. Someone else described it as a brutal story and I have to agree but it is a SLIMY brutal story too. The back streets of the London crime scene (described often in their terminology which I had problems understanding at times). Rent boys, drugs, beatings, murder - it has it all. Not the most comfortable read but I did see it through to the end - found myself fascinated to see what was coming next. So the whole concept was "OK" but it jolted me out of my usual sci-fi/fantasy world and it was an interesting read, hence 3 stars instead of 2 :) ( ) Martina Cole is a big name in the crime thriller genre had she misfires here, with an unnecessarily lengthy story about a burglar murdered in a rich man's house. There is great potential from such a strong start, however it is quickly bogged down with the introduction of a myriad of characters, every one of them unlikeable. Each character has there own vice and the Cole ensures the reader gets to share their misery; The Graft is pretty bleak. The downside is there are far too few opportunities for hope and eventually it becomes a grind, a persistent narrative of drugs, sex and perversion. Without the glitz, or possibly a better writer, it becomes dull. There is a good enough story in there, with some interesting twists, however the total void of decent folk make this a bit of a downer. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Looking back, Nick Leary couldn't say exactly what kept him awake that night. He'd had a lot on his mind; perhaps he'd been thinking about the 'respectable' Essex business that he ran, or about his two young sons sleeping in the room next door. Or was it simply the sound of his beautiful wife's steady breathing beside him . . . Whatever it was, he was awake when he heard someone's footsteps downstairs, and Nick's instinct was to fight. It had always been that way, to protect the things he treasured most: his family, his privacy, his reputation. He'd grafted for these things all his life and no one was going to jeopardise them now. Unless, of course, Nick's instinct is wrong, and what happens this time is the start of something even he cannot stop . . . Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden.
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