Un pugno di cenere

Wow.

My seventh outing with the fabulous Elizabeth George brings us to 1994, the first to earn 4 stars lately. Volume four was the last to receive 5 stars. Her début had 400 pages and dropped to a typical 300. Weighty hardcovers later in the series foretell a metamorphosis into literary opuses. “ Playing Leggi tutto

Dieses Mal war sehr viel Handlung auf ein psychologisches Profil einer der Beteiligten ausgelegt, eine Art Tagebuch / Rückschau, was alles vor dem Mord vorgefallen ist. Das hat mir etwas zu viel Raum eingenommen, wodurch die Ermittlungen zu kurz kamen. Trotzdem war es insgesamt wieder sehr spannend Leggi tutto

This book is way, way too long. By the time I had 150 pages left I didn't care who did it, I just wanted it to be over.

30 Books in 30 Days / Book #4 (Started in July)

I liked this one better than the last one of these I read. I was quite engaged in Olivia's story for most of the book. In the end I just got worn down by sheer volume, there was too much of everything- emotion hardship, more emotion, miscommunication loneliness etc making all together a melancholy m Leggi tutto

The best in the series yet. Strong characterization, tense plot and sub-plots, multiple important themes that were all skillfully handled without dropping or sacrificing any of them. Beautiful.