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Pros
The great train robbery starts with a bit of a history lesson. The cunning and patience of the master planner is impressive. Enjoyed the background and the final outcome.
The essence of womanly character resides in every member of that *, and must be duly respected by an officer (crichton 295). Crichton is such a popular author. Michael chrichton goes out of his comfort zone but theres no dropoff from his typical scien... Read More
I like sci-fi stories typically but decided to try this one since it was by one of my favorite sci-fi authors.
Originally published in 1975, it holds up as a fast-paced and fascinating dive into the criminal underworld of victorian london. It provides a realistic examination of victorian england’s culture during the1830s. The old english slang is so fun and th... Read More
Cons
This just looks like a straight western. Then there’s a static narrative of our heist heroes casing the joint" "shoehorn on a bad harlequin romance novel onto it.
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What surprised me most about this book is that the quality of his writing style and research into the subject matter here in 19... Read More
Michael crichton never disappoints his readers with the style content and subject of his books
The story was drawn out due to the history and fact but most of it was needed and fit with the story
I was a little frustrated at times with the english slang and criminal jargon
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great, historical, good and victorian. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 2,917 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 24 2023.
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If anything the seller overemphasized the shortcomings of the book
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The only mark on the book was a short inscription noting it as a gift to someone in 1978
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I was a little frustrated at times with the english slang and criminal jargon
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I came into this expecting a historical fiction
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Instead it had the feeling of a history thesis
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I try to read everything this author writes
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My kindle online dictionary did help some
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