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Title: A Suitable Vengeance by ELIZABETH GEORGE ISBN: 0-553-29560-8 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 February, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.44 (25 reviews)
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: 5
Summary: Ms. George is a Master!
Comment: I absolutely love Elizabeth George's writing and her characters. This book was interesting because it told us about the earlier life of Lynley, St. James, Lady Helen and Deb. We got bits and pieces of the whole situation in her previous books, but never the whole story. It helps explain a number of things and different character traits and undercurrents from previous books. And Ms. George can write! Her novels are so much more complex than simple little "who-dunits". The story takes the reader along on Ms. George's own little Magic Carpet ride, and nothing exists for us except Lynley and his friends. We even get a short preliminary look at Barbara Havers in this book. She is by far my favourite character, and I miss her absence, but realize that she wasn't part of Lynley's life during the time setting of this book. I look forward now to continuing with the storyline in subsequent books, and feel that I have a better understanding now of why Tommy thinks and acts the way he does.
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!
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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: A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George ISBN: 0553278029 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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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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