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Title: King Solomon's Carpet by Barbara Vine ISBN: 0-451-40388-6 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Not Very Polite Justice
Comment: I either agree or sympathise with all of the previous reviewers. This is a difficult book from the standpoint that without some exposure to the London Underground transit system, one is reading the story from a slight disadvantage. Mind you, it is only a slight obstacle--don't avoid the chance to read this book and enjoy Barbara Vine's fascinating tale of the emotionally disenfranchised denizens of Jarvis Stringer's sheltering old brick home, the former Cambridge School.
If you have read this far, you know the basic plot and are aware of the major players in the drama. So I will leave you with this enticement. It is, in a very odd way, a fun read that goes by all too quickly. As in all of Barbara Vine's novels, justice is served up sooner or later (usually later) and, as always, it is never polite justice. Barbara Vine delivers the kind of justice that one dreams of but rarely ever sees. The last page of this novel is well worth the wait.
A word of warning to the readers who are squeamish around the subject of feeding the animals. The hawk belonging to Jed, Abelard, is especially fond of a certain delicacy that is very hard to envision without a lurching of the stomach. Not for the faint of heart!
On that note, if Ruth Rendell ever reads her reviews on Amazon, and she really should, I hope that they will serve as a justification for no imminent retirement from the world of writing. It would be so hard to live knowing that there wouldn't be another Barbara Vine novel to consume with my usual gusto!
Rating: 5
Summary: No Polite Justice
Comment: I either agree or sympathise with all of the previous reviewers. This is a difficult book from the standpoint that without some exposure to the London Underground transit system, one is reading the story from a slight disadvantage. Mind you, it is only a slight obstacle--don't avoid the chance to read this book and enjoy Barbara Vine's fascinating tale of the emotionally disenfranchised denizens of Jarvis Stringer's sheltering old brick home, the former Cambridge School.
If you have read this far, you know the basic plot and are aware of the major players in the drama. So I will leave you with this enticement. It is, in a very odd way, a fun read that goes by all too quickly. As in all of Barbara Vine's novels, justice is served up sooner or later (usually later) and, as always, it is never polite justice. Barbara Vine delivers the kind of justice that one dreams of but rarely ever sees. The last page of this novel is well worth the wait.
A word of warning to the readers who are squeamish around the subject of feeding the animals. The hawk belonging to Jed, Abelard, is especially fond of a certain delicacy that is very hard to envision without a lurching of the stomach. Not for the faint of heart!
On that note, if Ruth Rendell ever reads her reviews on Amazon, and she really should, I hope that they will serve as a justification for no imminent retirement from the world of writing. It would be so hard to live knowing that there wouldn't be another Barbara Vine novel to consume with my usual gusto!
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: Although I felt driven by the plot to read through to the end, I was disappointed with the overall mood and characters. Each character was well developed but none were likable except the villain, who I found myself rooting for.
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Title: The Brimstone Wedding by Barbara Vine ISBN: 0451191951 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Babes in the Wood: A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery by Ruth Rendell ISBN: 140004930X Publisher: Crown Publishers Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: A Fatal Inversion (Plume Fiction) by Ruth Rendell, Barbara Vine ISBN: 0452270707 Publisher: Penguin USA Pub. Date: 01 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Chimney Sweeper's Boy: A Novel by Barbara Vine ISBN: 0671034294 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: No Night Is Too Long by Barbara Vine ISBN: 0451406346 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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