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Old 11-28-2023, 08:44 PM   #31621
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I interrupted Shogun to read a local book club book, The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams.

It's set in the first half of the 20th century, and the background fro the characters is the compiling of the Oxford English Dictionary.

The characters are good, and I enjoyed the book overall. But I was a little put off by the introduction of fictional characters into history, in a place and time where the number of historical people is very small. That's to say - the people who worked for any significant length of time on the OED is small and well known. Having a minor and a major fictional character as part of that group seems odd.

4/5 overall.
I have Shogun but have never had the courage to read it yet.
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I have Shogun but have never had the courage to read it yet.
I really enjoyed it. It's huge, but it keeps one's interest.
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I really enjoyed it. It's huge, but it keeps one's interest.
When I was in my early tweens I read Tai-Pan and Noble House while visiting my Mum (her library was not kid friendly, but she was at work) but she didn't have Shogun. Not sure I'll ever complete the set
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I have read Shogun multiple times. My only complaint is that he changed the names of the historical figures in the book.
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Just finished the newish Galbraith/Rowling Strike/Ellacott mystery, The Running Grave. I found it the best of the series -- generous in length, and generous to the characters.

I read a review suggesting that Rowling must be rejecting cuts advised by her editor. Sounds correct, but some great nineteenth century classics also were weakly edited. This outing, I think it was for the best, giving room to make series regulars multi-dimensional.

I don't read mysteries to guess the chief villain, but for those who do, the plot is complicated. A list of characters can help, and Rowling provides one on her web site.
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