[ebooktalk] CURRENT READING
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 02:01:26 +0100
Hi
I've just finished the second of Anne Perry's Inspector Pitt books. I find
these fascinating. They are set in Victorian London (1880s) and the
detection is often hampered by manners and the conventions of the day. I
think she has done her research really well and manages to depict the world
as it was pretty well.
I'm listening to the third of Christian Jacq's Ramasees II series - The
Battle of Kadesh. Jacq's style is interesting The Narrative is in the past
but conversations seem to have an immediacy that is often lacking. How much
of this is down to the translation I am not sure. He also has an interesting
way of moving the stories forward. Often new, usually minor, characters are
introduced at the beginning of a chapter they play their part and then
vanish. It usually takes me a while to work out where the scene fits into
the story and they often prove to be the start of a twist or turn in the
plot. They are epic stories told in short books.
The next book I listen to will be Dan Brown, I have been gifted it, and
asked for my thoughts so I will have to read it. They say you should never
look a gift horse in the mouth but I'm not sure about this one. The last Dan
Brown was more than a little over the top. So far I have managed to avoid
reviews of this one.
Steve
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