It was good, but at times the stories seemed to drag
581667
It was good, but at times the stories seemed to drag. I did enjoy the mysteries and trying to figure out what was going to happen next.
1157332
I was just a little disappointed in how the story sorta dragged out. The set up for it was interesting.
2670828
i know i said the pace was steady, and for the most part it is----but i did get kinda bogged down in places. all in all, though, the storytelling and subjects were pretty good--tho some were a stretch as to what they had to do with halloween, but i don't hold that against it----still had fun reading the stories!!!
1328753
I have mixed feelings about this book.  Some of the stories are fascinating and well done while others I found hard to get into.  But any history lover will enjoy reading it.
4652858
They are good books, I enjoyed them, but I read 3 books and felt like the story never did advanced,  or it advances really slowly, so slow that I am considering if I want to read the next books, skip some of them or not read them at all.
Also there are some parts of the story that are not told, as it would be a plot twist but aren't really, I found that innecesary and at times tedious not knowing what they were talking about.
2160042
The story is more than interesting, but at times I felt the authors got bogged down in meaningless detail (do readers really have to know every street address of every character?), and the way narratives describing individuals in the book were embedded in stories-within-stories was, at times, confusing.  I frequently lost track of characters.  About half-way through I definitely thought it a three star book. Three things changed my mind: the remarkable (and remarkably written) final paragraph, which sent me a shock of recognition of the implications of the tale, the final pages, which placed the tale in context, and the afterward to the second edition, which describes the art of doing and writing history so well.
4087253
It was a good read, but a bit slow and lingering, expected more.
589094
...but it felt dragged out. You definitely got to know the characters but it was difficult to imagine their situation ever being real.
285969
It me a while to really get into the story line, and I felt that there were some gaps in the story occasionally.
3858902
Was slow and in places, but overall, was a very good book.
3161748
While there were interesting things happening here, I didn't feel as if there was much progression of the overall storyline. Yeah, stuff happens, but the action felt slower paced than normal. A good story, worth the read, but predictable for the most part.
2303957
There is a nice mix of stories and topics. Although there were a few that I started reading and lost interest, most were good.
3005137
Out of the four stories I'd say I enjoyed most. Some seemed forced but I liked the difference in perspectives, the travel through time, the similarities in theme and characters with the differences in nuances and storylines. Writing was inconsistent. And I think transitions between stories would have helped since all were connected through location.
2845238
It was a beautiful story, it does keep you interested but some parts of the books are kind of boring and drag out.
3799975
Good stories but sometimes bogged down when they could have moved on faster
love to see a little faster pace in some parts
very descriptive
2300024
A little disappointing, but there were some parts that were good.
556379
Ok don't get me wrong it was a good book and all, but in some parts it gets slow. and other times its really exicting.  I would say its worth the read, and especially when you get towards the end.