Out book club last night discussed The Sense of an Ending and in the course of the discussion, P.D. James' new title, Pemberley came up. James, one of our members - none of whom are ever stuck for the mot juste - delivered the most pithy and conclusive review of a book I have ever heard, viz;
If you like Jane Austen and enjoy detective novels, you will hate this.
What more can one say?
I think one strong point in the book is the good level of details P. D. James provides; I also reviewed the book here: http://www.mysterytribune.com/2012/02/11/read-death-pemberley-read/
ReplyDeleteHowever I don’t know if you fully agree with me or not; I think in spite of all the notable things, this book had too much fluff in it and also the recaps to Pride and Prejudice were to some extent excessive
Yes I agree with you. James is always pretty good on detail but the overall impression of this is a 'lazy' book - as you say too much fluff. Rush to publish maybe?
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