The Phoenix of Prague

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Summary: An exceptionally well-written thriller
Review: 'The Phoenix of Prague' is a really excellently written thriller, which I enjoyed very much. (My only regret is that it finished and none of the author's previous works seem to be readily available.) I read a lot of thrillers and mystery books, and usually the quality of the writing is just OK, even though the genre ensures that the pages keep turning quickly. The writing in 'The Phoenix of Prague', on the other hand, is a notch above the usual.I strongly recommend this book

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Summary: Nicely done for a quick read
Review: The only problem of this book is that almost all of the Czech people talked like English, but still, the dialogue was nicely written if you could just overlook such shortcoming. The whole plot, well, it was also nicely done but too preditable. All the main characters are far too stereotyped but again, sculptered quite well for us to accept. Putting suppose-to-be-priceless paintings underground of a church with a river close by? How could anyone with common sense would store any painting in a wet--not just humid--underground vault with dripping walls? This is the only dumb thing that was illogically put into this very fluently written novel. But again, no harm done here, since you still could finish it in just one sitting, hehehe.