good

I have to revise my opinion of this one. I listened to it for a second time at work tonight, and it wasn't nearly as slow as I remembered.
The one scene that I really, strongly remembered wasn't the murder, or the crime scene, or the horrifying description of a past incident. Nope. It was the scene at the trade show, where the German vendors groan about the "quirky" Icelandic poet making a noisy scene again.
I'm not sure why, but everything about that scene bothered me. I have a deep loathing of trade shows, home shows and the like. They make me extremely uncomfortable. And they're also incredibly boring. And then the idea of some smug, raging jerk making a big scene in public while you're stuck at a booth is just completely nightmarish. So yes. In my mind, this was the excruciatingly slow, boring trade show mystery.

It isn't actually that bad. I even laughed a few times! Ok, it's still slow, and honestly, not all that much happens, but the story is put together very well, and the characters are genuinely great. And as I mentioned, there were several bits that appealed to my sense of humor.

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