{"id":5218,"date":"2022-11-26T23:27:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T23:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=5218"},"modified":"2022-11-26T23:27:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T23:27:44","slug":"claire-dewitt-and-the-city-of-the-dead-by-sara-gran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/claire-dewitt-and-the-city-of-the-dead-by-sara-gran\/","title":{"rendered":"<B>Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead<\/B> by Sara Gran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/9231999-claire-dewitt-and-the-city-of-the-dead\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1312909281l\/9231999._SX98_.jpg\" alt=\"Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #1)\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/9231999-claire-dewitt-and-the-city-of-the-dead\">Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/50690.Sara_Gran\">Sara Gran<\/a><br \/>\nMy rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/5127419280\">2 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t finish this book, so don&#8217;t weigh my review too heavily. I just couldn&#8217;t get into it, although I did make it almost halfway. The main character is a private eye, &#8220;the best in the world&#8221; in fact, who is on a case of a missing person in New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina. At least that&#8217;s how she was billed, but she&#8217;s more like a clairvoyant. She can tell the breed mix of a dog from hearing the bark three blocks away. She can always tell whether a person is lying or telling the truth. She can shoot out both front tires of a car chasing her while she&#8217;s leaning out the window of her own fast moving car because she learned to shoot with her eyes closed. The bullet wants to hit the target, she informs the reader, and just needs to be persuaded you are on its side. She also smokes blunts soaked in embalming fluid and swears a lot. It has atmosphere but it&#8217;s pretty much stupid fantasy so far as I can tell, certainly not a real detective novel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/12975428-russell-atkinson\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran My rating: 2 of 5 stars I didn&#8217;t finish this book, so don&#8217;t weigh my review too heavily. I just couldn&#8217;t get into it, although I did make it almost halfway. 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