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Old 02-19-2019, 07:23 AM   #28094
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Originally Posted by stuartjmz View Post
The painfully tedious Clouds of Witness (two pages discussing a bottle of port that had NOTHING to do with anything, and another two pages of a letter in French, proving only Sayers' mastery of that language, apparently) was my second Wimsey and my second 1-star Wimsey. I need a palate cleanser before giving her another shot at redemption,
Why bother? There are a lot of books out there and reading time is precious. Two stabs at an author would seem to me to be sufficient.

My own opinion is that Clouds of Witness is markedly better than Whose Body? (which I enjoyed). Sayers continued to improve, but the biggest jump occurred between those two books. I suspect she's just not to your taste. Peter continues to live large and play the silly ass, and while he gets more serious as the series progresses, Sayers also starts to take him more seriously, to the point of getting a little silly herself.
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