Langfields Observed

So the Langfields have twice been in London's Observer lately. NewYorkology got a few paragraphs last week, a nice mention through and through. And Martin's book gets in the book section today.

"The Malice Box" is mentioned in a list about Dan Brown-type thrillers.

Here's a section from The Observer:

The book is full of puzzles and moves at a good lick, but it is essentially a novelisation of a computer game. Nothing wrong with that, though I could've done without the psychic sidekick and the all-seeing and sinister Watchman.

I'm a little stumped over "a novelisation of a computer game" and the "sinister Watchman." I suppose you could come to those characterizations but to me, it rather sounds like both phrases were cribbed from Amazon without having actually read the book. Without getting too much into a spoiler here, if you've read the book you're not likely to call the Watchman sinister although, I know, it says that on the bookflap. So maybe he didn't have to even get as far as Amazon?

Labels: books, malice box, newyorkology

- posted by Amy @ 2/18/2007 06:50:00 AM