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Liked It “Brunetti digs deeper into a Roman secret society that is connected to a series of nursing home deaths. Dark and chillingly real.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “This is the 6th book in the series and I have come to realize that Donna Leon's authorship is very uneven. The previous book, Aqua Alta, is by far the best of the 6 that I have read so it was somewhat of a disappointment to pick up this book and think that it would be of the same quality and it...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Like the characters and setting but the story was heavy going somehow...”
Audrey M wrote this review Monday, February 11, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Brunetti digs deeper into a Roman secret society that is connected to a series of nursing home deaths. Dark and chillingly real.”
Will Fagan wrote this review Tuesday, November 15, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Also published as "The Death of Faith". 4.5 stars rounded up. Commissario Guido Brunetti learns more about a secret Catholic organization than perhaps he would have liked when a Sister tells him about mysterious deaths of patients in a nursing home. This was a page-turner. As always, Brunetti and the other characters are wonderfully drawn and I love the descriptions of Venice. This is book #6 in the series; in my opinion this series can be read out of order. ”
Janet S wrote this review Sunday, February 20, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is just a fun read. You can not get hungry reading her books. They eat all the time and it sound so good you can smell it. ”
Conner S wrote this review Sunday, November 28, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The 6th case of commissario Brunetti (English versions are called “The Death of Faith” or “Quietly in Their Sleep”) is certainly one of the weaker ones. I just got bored during the first two thirds of the book. Nothing really happens there. Only the last third lives up to the quality of Donna Leon’s books I got used to after reading the first five cases.”
Joachim O wrote this review Saturday, August 21, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is not a new book but a reprint of another of Leon's. This book was only given a new title. This should be made clear for readers who wait anxiously for new books to be released.”
Cass M wrote this review Friday, July 23, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This is the 6th book in the series and I have come to realize that Donna Leon's authorship is very uneven. The previous book, Aqua Alta, is by far the best of the 6 that I have read so it was somewhat of a disappointment to pick up this book and think that it would be of the same quality and it not measuring up at all.
Luthién Arnatuilë wrote this review Thursday, May 13, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The book starts out with a nun coming in to Brunetti's office basically telling him nothing more than that she has left her order because they do not join her in her belief that five deaths in a nursing home are suspicious. Lots of time is spent in the book, following this "case" that in a way is not a case at all. In the middle of it all, Leon throws in a little bit of Dan Brown and Opus Dei but doesn't go anywhere with it. The nun get run over in a hit and run but that is not solved. One of the five deaths is explained but the other four are just left as is.
At the same time in the book Chiara Brunetti is having problems in school with her religion's class and that keeps on popping up throughout the book. It feels like this book was put together in all haste. That it is a portrayal of what Donna Leon thinks about the Catholic Church and religion in general and at some points, I feel it highly offended even though I am not a Catholic. With the Chiara part in the book, she gets to throw in some of the pedofile problems the Church has and gets a revenge of sorts at the end when Chiara's teacher is removed to an island of hardened male criminals. I am getting more and more convinced that Paola Brunetti is a self portrait of Donna Leon and that Paola gets to express her own opinions. When I pick up a book like this, I do not really want anti-religion propaganda but that is what this whole book is.”“I have read other books by this author that I liked better than this one. I do like her descriptions of the city of Venice”
Ellen M wrote this review Wednesday, November 25, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Love these books about Guido Brunetti and Venice”
Mickey C wrote this review Tuesday, November 10, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Not a very intriguing mystery to begin with, but I stuck with it as I am a fan of the Commissario Brunetti character. I was very disappointed with the end as I don't feel the story was fully resolved, and the number of characters involved made it confusing.”
Nardina M wrote this review Thursday, October 29, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
