Review: Not worth it unless you are immortal
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2011
This book is poorly written, poorly translated, or poorly written and translated.The wording is so awkward as to distract from the story and the dialogue is stilted.  There are way too many characters that are poorly differentiated.I understood WHAT happened, but I had no idea why.  Was this a type of magical realism or am I supposed to think that things like this actually happen?  Putting the word "Mystery" in the title was misleading - this isn't really a mystery.The characters didn't seem realistic - they were always either losing their temper or on the verge of losing their temper.  One character was presented as being on the verge of a nervous breakdown for five whole years.  People walking around London just happen to run into people critical to the story, as if London is a small town.  Jokes are hokey and unfortunately frequent.Skip it - even for free, putting yourself through this isn't worth it - unless you happen to have won immortality in an inexplicable game and have time to read a limitless number of books.