“One could never pay too high a price for any sensation.”

I didn‘t find this one as engrossing as I did some earlier books in the series. The final showdown was a bit drawn-out; the denouement unfulfilling. I was, however, happy to see more of Pendergast and to see how he‘s been doing.

I read Dorian Gray for the first time when I was 16. Now, at 20, I‘m ready to delve in again.

“It was natural to Wilde to be artificial.”