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Halfway through. I'm having trouble with suspension of disbelief. First, the blurb says "Skull is found in a tree." That's fine, but it turns out that the hole is MUCH larger than that. ??? Second, a critical plot point is a "poacher's knot," described as NOT a slipknot. But it is! She seems to be thinking of a bowline.

Hmmm. DNF

Sorry, I'm not the target reader for this genre, though I'll probably finish it. Banks seems to be using the same plot generator that Adams used for Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, but with the humor circuits turned off.

I'm charmed by the flitting POV between members of a scene, guided by the author with outside details.

In a brutal setting, dry humor: "Their phones rested screens-down between them, like the weapons of desperadoes at a parley."

Startling and vivid!

Russian Doll in 1910!

Delightful! The narrator's tone reminds me of the narrator in the TV show Jane the Virgin.

VERY reminiscent of Sebald, but with a more conventional plot. Complex sentences, with a careful separation of thoughts and speech.

Enjoyably snarky but lightweight. Kamen's Thinking Fast and Slow is a better take on the thesis.

The eugenics of the 1930's is wearing, so far.

It's growing on me. Ms. St. Clair IS including origins of the pigments.

Visually glorious book! After the engaging preface, the first few color entries are oddly flat.

Remarkable variety, from drawing room short story hooks " A Catastrophe" to imaginative journeys into space.

A private eye for the 21st century. Readable, but no Elmore Leonard.

Will this be like: An Unnecessary Woman http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18... ?