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Title: To Play the Fool by Laurie R. King ISBN: 0-553-57455-8 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Rating: 3
Summary: Did I miss something?
Comment: Throughout this book, I felt like I'd missed something. Since I bought four books together, I kept double-checking that I wasn't reading them out of order. That point aside, the story is a very good one and I felt really connected to the characters in this book. I would give it a better rating, except that I think that the first and third books are better.
Rating: 3
Summary: Engaging story
Comment: I am increasingly becoming a fan of this author. However, I am not sure what the point was in the long and involved examination of the Fool movement in this installment of the Kate Martinelli series. It was not particularly interesting and, as a sub-theme, actually took over the story rather than assist the reader in any way to deal with the main plot. Also, there is unnecessary repetition in the description and exchanges in the Kate/Lee relationship. We seem to be told several times, and in a variety of different ways, that Lee is disabled and Kate blames herself for it. Nevertheless, this book was worth three stars as the talent of the author to spin an engaging story is well evident.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent read, more of a novel than a mystery
Comment: For those of you who have read all of the Mary Russell books by King, you might be pleasantly surprised that she writes other, more modern books. For those of you who live in the SF Bay area, you will also be excited by the locations that are described in this book. I had read many of Laurie King's other books before reading this one and I will say that it was one of the most interesting and best written. The novel is based on the mystery surrounding the murder of a homeless man, but the story actually told is of Brother Erasmus, a Fool, who only speaks in quotes from Shakespeare and the Bible. The real mystery is who Brother Erasmus really is, what he is hiding, and why he speaks only in quotes. There are some other homeless characters in the book who are also well characterized. This book has a lot of metaphysical discussion on those who live outside society in this way. And there is a lot of suspense and mystery involved in finding Brother Erasmus's secrets. Eventually the detective Kate Martinelli founds out who the murderer was, but she is more interested in the life of the characters she meets. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes your mysteries to be a bit more literary. King has been compared a lot to PD James, and I think that comparison holds true.
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Title: With Child by Laurie R. King ISBN: 0553574582 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King ISBN: 0553573993 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Night Work: A Kate Martinelli Mystery by Laurie R. King ISBN: 0553578251 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 28 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Darker Place by Laurie R. King ISBN: 0553578243 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Folly by Laurie R. King ISBN: 0553381512 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 28 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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