[ebooktalk] Re: ELIZABETH GEORGE was Re: Re: FOLLOW UP ON BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
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- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 12:52:32 +0100
My experience has been quite similar - and now you've solved a riddle for
me. I hadn't realised she was American, but that explains a lot about her
approach to the characters. In general I like her stuff, but she doesn't
always deliver on her plots.
June
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The first of hers I read was the one about the violinist which I found well
written with a plot which kept you guessing. Others I've read have been
less rewarding. By and large they are too long by about a third. there was
one which featured the woman sergeant as the main investigator about a
murder on the Essex coast which I eventually gave up on for a number of
reasons. Length was certainly one: it seemed to be going on for centuries.
but also there is something about her as an american writing about
supposedly English types which grates. And often there are those annoying
American idioms which crop up in the mouths of supposedly very British
characters. So I've really given up on her.
On 19 Oct 2013, at 08:42, Pele West wrote:
> Hi Everyone
>
> I make a note of recommendations and often follow them up.
>
> Following on from David's comment about the new Elizabeth George book, I
> have rather given up on them as I got so fed up of the personal problems
> of all the main characters.
>
> Pele
>
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