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This was a lot of fun.

I liked the idea of this, but it was a bit over the top.

I almost never read older books, but this was amazing in so many ways.

I liked this because it was different.

Pretty trite until almost the very end, then it redeemed itself.

As usual, interesting material basically ruined by jumping the shark.

Enjoyable because it was different.

Overall this was solid, with some very funny academic references.

This was amazing, and I loved it.

I usually don't go in for this kind of thing, but I liked this.

This was surprisingly good.

This was just a delight. There's nothing like an anti-hero for pure fun reading.

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Great fun -- and even moreso because we saw him speak last week and were served a dinner consisting of recipes from the book.

Not as good as Griffin usually is.

This is absolutely one of my favorite series, but this one just didn't hold up. That might be because there wasn't enough focus on Clare, or maybe because the social commentary was heavy-handed.

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This was really good.

Very suspenseful, interesting characters, then totally jumped the shark.

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This is one of my favorite series. I think what really sets it apart is that, in addition to the typical mystery, the queen has to be clever in determining how to get information because she can't exactly just knock on someone's door. And, the dialogue is witty. Highly recommended.

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