Pros: Chilling in its brutal and suspenseful narrative, and in its stultifying environment. Unputdownable. Cons: Narrative becomes contrived by the end, but by then, who cares?
Ultimately the tremendous critical success of British writer Tom Rob Smith's first novel, "Child 44," is due as much its vivid atmospherics as to its thrilling plot, strong narrative, and compelling hero. I picked it up at an airport ...
Pros: Characterization, descriptive passages, tense plot. Cons: Some unnecessary twists at the book's end.
Long a fan of "Citizen X" the HBO film about Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, who killed children at large in the Soviet Union from 1978-1990, I'd heard some buzz about "Child 44", but didn't read any reviews until I purchased the book. The ...
In Stalin s Soviet Union, it s a crime against the State to suggest that a murderer--much less a serial killer--is on the loose. Exiled from his home,...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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