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Title: A Suitable Vengeance by Derek Jacobi, Elizabeth George ISBN: 0-553-45286-X Publisher: Bantam Books-Audio Pub. Date: 01 June, 1991 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.44 (25 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Another winner from the pen of Elizabeth George!
Comment: This is exactly the sort of story that keeps me coming back to read more of George's "mysteries." Since her first novel in the series, A Great Deliverance, I have been fascinated by the story of Deborah and Simon St. James. Previous books have given glimpses into their past, but never told the whole story until now. Ms. George weaves her murder mysteries skillfully and the perpetrator is often a surprise, but it is her ability to combine the personal stories of her main characters with her mysteries that makes her books so engaging. If you like cut and dried murder mysteries, you won't find one here. But if you like a bit of romance, angst, and some family troubles thrown in with your mystery novels, Elizabeth George won't disappoint!
Rating: 2
Summary: Still trying
Comment: I am gamely trying to admire these books as much as everyone else seems too, but if George doesn't get on with it in the 5th, I'm going to hang it up.
George is a talented writer. The problem is that she writes as though she believes she is a talented writer. The plots are engaging, and the characters are anything but cardboard, but the drek that one has to slog through in order to get to those plots can sometimes be impenetrable.
I learned after the first book to skip the interminable soap opera that was Havers and her family (I was actually pleased when her father died in the third book so that I wouldn't have to read any more about him). But the fourth book takes "wallow" into a whole new dimension. Simon and Deborah. Deborah and Tommy. Tommy and Simon. Simon and Helen. Helen and Tommy. Tommy and Peter. If you loved Wuthering Heights, you'll love this book. Otherwise, you may find yourself screaming by half-time.
I'm hoping that all of these emotional cripples get down to business by the fifth book. Otherwise, the Elizabeth George fan club will have to carry on without me.
Rating: 2
Summary: Boring Soap Opera
Comment: This is the 4th E. George book I've read, and had I read it first it would have been the only one. I'm reminded of why I like "Law and Order" on TV, because everything has to do with the plot and there is very little to do with the characters' private lives. This book should really be under the "romance" category, because it positively obsesses over Deborah and Simon's romance, yet never makes me care one iota whether they get together or not. In fact, I didn't care one iota about anybody in the book and rather hoped that many of them would die. I only read it because I was on a long flight and had no options. Please, don't waste your time folks.
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Title: Well-Schooled in Murder by Elizabeth George ISBN: 0553287346 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Payment In Blood by Elizabeth George ISBN: 0553284363 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: For the Sake of Elena by Elizabeth George ISBN: 0553561278 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Missing Joseph by Elizabeth George ISBN: 0553566040 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George ISBN: 0553278029 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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