Review: Does Not Disappoint!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 6, 2013
From the opening line, this novel grabs the reader and pulls.  Michael Wallace crafted a solid historical thriller with engaging characters, good pacing, and surprising twists (some of which really shouldn't have been so surprising).  I wonder if Oscar Wilde fans have a richer experience reading this novel, and if there are less obvious allusions to his works.  One negative about the novel is that is that sometimes it seemed the characters used contemporary language.  "Give me a break" to express exasperation is a more obvious example.  Other than some dialogue that anachronistic, the novel was quite believable.  As with other Michael Wallace novels, he describes scenes and actions in such a way as to help the reader visualize it.