Stone’s Fall: A Novel
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- ISBN13: 9780385522854
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At his London home, John Stone falls out of a window to his death. A supporter and arms dealer, Stone was a man so wealthy that he was able to manipulate markets, industries, and indeed entire countries and continents. Did he jump, was he pushed, or was it merely a tragic manufacturing accident? His alluring and enigmatic widow hires a young crime reporter to investigate. The tale moves backward in time—from London in 1909 to Paris in 1890 and finally to Venice in 1867—and the attempts to uncover the truth play out against the backdrop of the evolution of high-stakes international finance, Europe’s first fantastic age of espionage, and the start of the twentieth century’s arms race. Stone’s Fall is a tale of like and shortcoming, as much as it is of high finance and skulduggery. The mixture, then, as now, is an regularly fatal combination.
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Was really looking forwards to this book. It ongoing out fine in one person’s voice. Part II was ok in another voice, but character and plot confusion started. The third person’s voice in Part III made the book so convoluted, it became irritating. Impossible to keep the characters, muchless reality, straight.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
Compared to “An Instance of the Fingerpost,” which was stunning, this book is a huge let down. In fleeting, it is dull, very predictable, and written like a “beach read.” Pears is capabale of far better. By 2/3 of the way thru I really did not care about the characters or plot. Having the main female character as both a rich society woman and a violent revolutionary who shoots two people in a public space was far beyond credibility. I should also point out that this book is VERY similar to the plot of Liss’ “Conspiracy of Paper.”
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
The Instance of the Fingerpost is a brilliant book ( in my humble opinion). This book is a “can’t place it down” until the last part. By the last part one doesn’t give a darn. The protagonist is not a sympathetic character, I lost interest in the plot and the book just doesn’t stand up to its promise. By the time I reached the last pages I didn’t care and I already had guessed the huge mystery. The past chronicles are appealing and obviously the leader did a lot of research but bah – stout book not worth all of the time spent.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
I had mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, I loved parts of the tale and the past setting is, or course, fantastic. But on the additional, I though Stone’s Fall was a bit too slow-moving wordy–it’s a 500-page novel in the body of an 800-page one. The book’s three sections each reveal a different part of the mystery, but I felt as though each finished abruptly, with no right conclusion. As I read, I establish my attention wandering many times, too. In addition, the financial parts of the novel were a bit above my head, and Pears is a small too fond of clichés (of the “she could see into my soul” variety). Still, as I said, additional parts of the tale were enjoyable.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
I am about middle through the book and I find it fascinating. A lot about finance, etc., which I’m not familiar with, but a very excellent book.
But, I was reasonably surprised to find some factual errors in this book which is full of past background and was so well researched.
For example, he says Kaiser Wilhelm was Queen Victoria’s fantastic-nephew when in fact he was her grandson. He names the Royal Yacht of Czar Nicholas “Sandrart” when it was called “Standardt.” Odd mistakes for a book like this. Needed a proofreader.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5