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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Next up: Death Comes to Pemberley by P D James.
Delightful, so far.
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Originally Posted by issybird
I thought this was dreadful. Abject failure as Austen pastiche and leaden and absurd as mystery. James was past her powers when she wrote this; it's a pity those with a stake in an author's career don't care more about her reputation but just grab the cash while they can.
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Originally Posted by gmw
I had the same reaction, issybird. Curiously, I found the TV mini-series better; it didn't make the mystery any less absurd, but the actors did bring some life to the script.
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Originally Posted by CRussel
I agree, the mini-series was OK, but I've tried 2 or 3 times over the years to read this and abandoned it every time. Leaden is the right adjective, I'm afraid.
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I'm abandoning at 25%. I quite liked the initial attempt at imagining the general attitude of the gentry to events in Pride and Prejudice, but it does bog down.
One of the final straws was
"... if Wickham and Denny had not returned by daylight, call in the estate workers and perhaps the police to institute a more thorough search."
POLICE? In 1818? In the countryside? Good grief. How did no editor catch that?
Next up:
The Time Traveller's Almanac. A massive (1200+ pages) collection of time traveller stories.