Annette C. Boehm reviewed The Dying of the Light by Michael Dibdin
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2 stars
I liked the way the book started, but as I read on I felt disoriented. At the end, things all fell into place, and the story itself is interesting, even moving. However, some of the characters feel like flat parodies of what could have been there. The cruelty also feels gratuitous. The mystery happens in the world of a care home for old people, - not the kind of setting for escapist reading, really.