Reviews for And Then You Die (Aurelio Zen Series #8)

The average rating for And Then You Die (Aurelio Zen Series #8) based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-05-13 00:00:00 Eric Laurin And Then You Die is a novel of two halves. The first half is an enjoyable enough read. A little slow, but interesting enough, with some nice prose and observations, and solid characterization. The second half was very disappointing. The plot, which had been okay, suddenly becomes ridiculous. And rather than there just being one strange flaw, the rest of the book is full of them, compounding the problem (and the issues are not just small, niggly things, but crucial plot devices that are simply not credible). The pace shifts from being steady and sure to a mad rush to the end, and the charactization swaps to caricature. I really don't understand the reason for this. It was if the author had made it half way through the manuscript and then suddenly stopped believing in the story and wanted to get it over as soon as possible. A real shame as the first half was good. The second half though was a real let down.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-02-15 00:00:00 Joseph Kim This book is one out of the series of policeman Aurelio Zen, I bought it together with a few other titles by the same writer for a few cents as they make light reading during traveling to and from work, and occasional during work. And when I say light I mean as in not very weighty in format and it does not force your brain in any excess activity. Aurelio Zen is lying on a beach in sunny Italy recovering from a bombing of his car in the previous book, so he survived. He is being hidden away from the world, who thinks he is dead, as he will be a witness for the prosecution in the US of A against some maffia persons. All is not well when somebody is found dead on the beach where Zen usually sits and that starts a chain of events that will see quiet a few more attempts on his life while he is been shoved around from a prison island to iceland, Rome and back to where the story started. WHen Zen finally faces the person wanting him dead. And believe it or not in this case that is actually working for Zen starting a relationship. Not a book about detecting at all but easy and fun enough to look into Zens mind and thoughts and the Roman way of taking it easy. Life is more than a beach. enjoyable enough.