Valley of Bones
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Summary
Valley of Bones by Michael Gruber is a general-interest book whose subject is easy to identify. The available edition details are 2006 • Harpercollins • 432 pages.
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- You need a book that starts without a long setup.
- You want an uncomplicated introduction to the subject.
- When you want a vivid sense of place, the book refuses melodrama, instead tending to emotional truth in quiet, unsentimental scenes.
- You want to know every detail before opening the book.
- You need a very different pace.
- When you dislike opaque narrators, description is rich and frequent, which may feel excessive if you like sparseness.
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Exact edition: Paperback · ISBN-13 9780060577674
Worth buying if: You need a book that starts without a long setup.
Skip it if: You want to know every detail before opening the book.
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