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Review #1
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Please note that there is a little spoiler in this review, but anyone with half a brain can figure it out.
It pains me, but Trace Elements barely ekes out a three-star rating from me.
Let me start with the positive. Leon is a professional novelist. Her writing is crisp and clear. Her body of work is rather vast, and her pacing is good. In my opinion, NO ONE evokes Venice better than Leon. Her descriptions are spot-on, her love for the city (which I immensely enjoy during the off-season) is obvious.
Which brings me to the negative. In the past several novels Leon has come across as a malcontent who is PO’ed by the changes tourists are creating in her beloved home. I understand her position, living in one of America’s premier resorts, and I’ve seen the effects that tourism, particularly large-boat and large-group tourism, is having on Venice, and it’s tragic.
But no place is exactly as it was twenty or thirty years ago, and most places haven’t changed for the better during that time. By virtue of her education and the opportunity to live as an expatriate in such a magical place, Leon’s life is very privileged. (I’m not deprecating the hard work and work ethic that produces these novels.) But “love it or leave it,” Donna.
I also understand her recurring theme of water and pollution/contamination. One of my children is an earth scientist (and economist and attorney) with a specialization in hydrology, and we share a love of this most precious natural resource. We advocate for it, as well as conserve it, and have watched the MOSES (mentioned in the novel, and one of the most ambitious and forward-thinking hydrological proposals ever) for years.
This obsession with water and tourism is weakening her storylines. Leon’s formerly masterful plotting is becoming transparent to the point that when, very early in the story, she mentions a certain exclusive brand of watch worn by a person with a particular profession, I know exactly who the villain is and also know his motivation.
As relates to another of my favorite authors, I’m tired of repetitive literary lectures. I’ve stopped reading him, and this is my last Leon book.
I recommend Leon, sometimes highly, but only about the first twenty books in the series. At that point she lost her mojo for me.
Review #2
Trace Elements audiobook in series Commissario Brunetti Mysteries
‘ve read all the Brunetti novels. The last one was bad, but I thought it might be an aberration. This one is worse. Thin and predictable plot padded out with infinite descriptions of every minuscule thought and movement of each character. Leon just can’t let a conversation flow. She has to describe every finger and hand movement, eyebrow twitch, smile, and head turn associated with each bit of conversation.
And it’s hot in Venice. Really really hot! Brunetti’s soaked shirt is an ongoing theme. Should he wear a jacket? Linen suit? Doesn’t matter. We’ll ultimately see him suffering in a sweat-soaked shirt just to remind us — again and again — that it’s really hot!
There’s a sub-plot involving two young Rom (Gypsy) thieves, apparently thrown in because the main story isn’t enough to justify 278 pages. Completely irrelevant, but gives Leon an opportunity to elaborate on one more political problem.
Review #3
Audiobook Trace Elements by Donna Leonm
I have read all the 29 books in this series and will continue to read them as long as Leon continues to write. However I must admit this was not up to par.there was no interaction with the family save for a few small moments with Paola. And no quotes to highlight and think about. Storyline seemed to be weak. But hey, writing a series needs to quit at some point.
Review #4
Audio Trace Elements narrated by David Colacci
It’s No. 29 in Donna Leon’s Commissario Brunetti series, all set in Venice. One of the four queens of police procedural mysteries (the others being P.D. James, Martha Grimes, Ruth Rendell), Leon doesn’t hesitate to address topics of international social significance in her latest, “Trace Elements.”
Of course, the central plot involves Brunetti solving a murder. He and his colleague Claudia Griffoni, are called in to hear some vital words from a woman, succumbing to cancer in a local hospice. She whispers, “They killed him. It was bad money.” With meticulous detail, Leon leads her characters in a long, involved scenario in which the details of her “revelation” come to light. And as in her previous novels, there’s something rotten in the state of Venice (and in Itally in general, she notes). Corruption, greed, and, in this case, murder involve large coverups, including often the government itself.
Like Cassandra outside the gates of Troy, Leon continues to decry the environmental corruption of our planet and it seems few are listening. That said, Leon’s Brunetti books are not sermons—her first objective is to solve the murders (or willful deaths). And once again, she succeeds, all the while giving her readers much to think about—and food for thought, for she always includes good descriptions of what her characters are eating!
It’s a complicated scene for Brunetti, who finds himself depressed over what he is finding. To help ease his mind, he turns to the Greeks (in literature) and to Aeschylus’s “The Eumenides.” (Here, it’s mercury rising (contaminating the water), to extend the Greek metaphor.) He finds himself facing such a moral (and even legal) situation as Orestes found himself: the debate over what is right, ethical, and honest. It’s the Siberian Dilemma or Sophie’s Choice—regardless of which choice is made (damned if one does and damned if one doesn’t).
“Trace Elements,” of course, is typical Leon—the books’ endings are not always to our satisfaction as “fiction” should have; she often leaves us knowing that the corruption of both the environment AND the soul (with murders, too) isn’t likely to stop. But she’s not about to give up. Thank goodness.
Review #5
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If, like me, and many others, you have read all or most of Donna Leon’s “Brunetti” books, you will have got this one more as a tradition than anything else. Again, like many others I have read all 29 novels and for the most part thoroughly enjoyed them. But I have to say that now the plots are getting very tired and, just a bit boring, and I never thought I would come right out and write that. The odd thing is….I still liked most of this book, with all its almost faults. Venice, the Questura, Griffoni, Vianello, Elettra, Paola and domestic life…all there, and I still follow the maps and Brunetti’s walkabouts, but oh dear the PLOT! I lost interest, and the ending….Well, you will (probably) see what I mean when you read the book, but Ms Leon, please take a break and get a really meaty plot, or rest on your magnificent laurels and retire Brunetti. I think it is amazing that so many of the 29 novels are so good, and it hurts a bit when one falls short of my humble expectations.
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