Un pugno di cenere

Wow.

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.

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

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

Beware of Spoilers (also applies to Missing Joseph) *** *** I appreciate the complexity and skill of intertwining another character's voice into the storytelling of this novel. While Olivia is unlikable in many instances, her story is interesting and develops in ways I didn't expect. In addition to the Leggi tutto