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 Much more than a mistery novel | |
| I would highly recommned the book to all the people who love good mistery novel, which beside a very good plot, offers much more. The story of an old flemish painting representing two friends playing chess and a woman, sitting in the back, reading a book becomes intelinked to the life of a Madrid's art expert Julia and her circle of friends. Through discovery of the history and story of the painting her life and lives of her friends come into danger through "a plot" what it seems to be diabolic and genious at the same time. It offers a challenge to every reader, because it really is much more than a mistery novel. Specially recommended to all the chess players outthere. | |
| Great mystery, until the ending | |
| This is the second book that I have read from ARTURO PEREZ-REVERTE, and just like the first I was turning pages as quickly as I could read them (The Club Dumas). It's a great story which has the heroine figuring out a mystery from the past. I thought the character development was excellent and it really showed that there are good people and there are bad (even the people you don't suspect, have their own human flaws)in this world (even if they are fictional). I was particularly empressed with the twists and turns all the way up to the ending; which then kind of fizzeled my interest(reason for 4 stars - last chapter). Perhaps I didn't get it but I was completely let down when the final checkmate was discovered and the perptrator was revealed. Overall this book was worth the read and peaked my interest in art as well as in chess. A novice who is interested in the craft of chess should give this book a read.
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 Very readable | |
| This is the first book I've read by Perez-Reverte. I found it very readable and enjoyed it. It started of a little slow but picked up nicely.
The character development of the three main characters was handled very well. The main character, Julia, an art restorer in Spain, is restoring a fictional painting depicting a chess game played in the 1500's. While doing so, she discovers a hidden message - Quis Necavit Equitem - Who killed the Knight? Julia is determined to solve a 500 year old mystery of who killed one of the players depicted in the painting. Her two allies in the search, the wise Cesar and the quirky Munoz , are polar opposites that Perez-Reverte weaves together to form a very good murder mystery. I especially like the character Munoz. |
