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Title: Slaves of Obsession : A William Monk Novel by Anne Perry ISBN: 0-449-00592-5 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.76 (21 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: My first "go" at the William Monk series
Comment: While shelf-browsing my local library, I happened open this book and was intrigued by its attractive cover and its historical premise, so I picked it up.
I, too, could not finish the book and stopped short of the trial in London. It opened fairly well with the moral issue of slavery becoming a heated topic at a London merchant's dinner table. The 16-year old daughter is indignant that her father is selling efficiently lethal rifles and ammunition to the Confederacy. Her passion has been influenced by a rival Union arms buyer who pleads the moral case as well, and with whom she later flees to the U.S.
I found the characters convincing one moment, and then rather wooden the next. The same with the Victorian milieu -- it struck me as unevenly depicted. For me this was a major flaw as the best historical novels and detective stories have an optimal weaving of story, character and environment to make the "whole cloth", so to speak.
In addition, the detective Monk seemed a rather lame chap in this work. Mystery detectives, even when they're not doing much or are hovering in the background, ought to have a looming presence as they are to a greater or lesser degree the moral presence in the story, the one who must discover the truth. The Adam Dalgliesh character of P.D. James is almost always successfully rendered in this way, even though he may be absent for a good part of the story.
What went wrong with SoO? Look at the author's extensive credits at the front of the book. Ms. Perry is a "writing machine" if there ever was one, and prolific genre writers can get overextended, disconnected and thin from time to time. That's what happened here, I wager.
Rating: 5
Summary: This was a good book!
Comment: This book brought the Civil War to life for me and showed the darker side of fighting for a nobel cause. This was the first book I have read by Anne Perry and I really enjoyed the simple, yet elegant way that she writes her mystery novels. She does not need to use overly elaborate symbolism or words to make a great novel. Instead it is a beautifully written "who-done-it" that keeps you guessing all the time. This is a good book for anyone who likes mystery novels from Nancy Drew to Agatha Christy.
Rating: 1
Summary: Boring
Comment: I read a lot of historical fiction. This is perhaps the third novel in the last 10 years that I could not finish because it was so slow. I forced myself to 250 or 270 pages but the story drags on.Its simply boring.
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Title: Funeral in Blue by Anne Perry ISBN: 0345440021 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Twisted Root by Anne Perry ISBN: 0804119368 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: A Breach of Promise by Anne Perry ISBN: 0804118558 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 07 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Silent Cry by Anne Perry ISBN: 0804117934 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 29 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Death of a Stranger by Anne Perry ISBN: 0345440064 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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