by coaster2
the ending was, though not unexpected, uncalled for. It's too flip-pant and it destroyed a story and a set of good hearted, suffering characters you've workd over 90 percent of the story to build... cheap way to end it for a moment of author thrill. <p>
Very few readers --- who've vested their emotions and anxiety in suffering with Nina and others --- would go and say, "Yeah, dear author, that's so cool! Nailed those poor folks/characters, like the detective, his kid, Nina, Magda, and everyone else! Way to end it, dear author. It's so clever, it got me!" <p>
I doubt many readers would jump up and down for such a flip pant ending.
Overall fine story,but the ending, while very logical, was kind of a let down. With a great mystery like this , you kind of expect a crescendo climax at the end. That is a very unreasonable criticsm on my part, I have to admit.but readers are frequently unreasonable as I'm sure you know . Still wonderful story though. I hope you keep writing.
60 year old George
He does seem to be of very high quality. Anything that crops up he has a solution. Another super man story, but fun.
Thanks!
Coastal is an excellent writer, but not a particularly good story teller. Very predictable and not very exciting. A sweet tale earns 4 stars at most.
I probably commented before, but older comments aren't showing.
I would tell her mother about his Hungarian cooking. She would probably be proud!
I was going to mention their other two houses, but he beat me to it!