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Post by Miranda on Jun 25, 2022 22:00:42 GMT
Got this from the library today (first person to read it, yay!) and I'm finding it surprisingly dull. The small details are very well done but he's pretty useless at writing tension. Which is a big fault in a crime novel. But it is his first so he may improve. Even Pratchett admitted that the first two novels of the Discworld were pretty ropey.
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Post by sleepyp on Jun 25, 2022 23:49:48 GMT
I agree I’m sorry to say…. halfway through but it’s been a bit of a chore, I’m finding his style a bit clunky and the basic story a bit tedious  It will sell well because of who he is, and the next one hopefully will be an improvement, but I hope his sermons were more gripping! |
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Post by Miranda on Jun 26, 2022 0:25:44 GMT
Yeah, I shall try the next one and decide then whether to read any more. Maybe he'd be better at a different genre. I'm enjoying all the details of a vicar's day to day life but the rest is a bit laborious
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Post by Miranda on Jun 26, 2022 2:27:24 GMT
I've now finished it and I have to say it ends better than it started. There's a moment, halfway through, when he seems to find his style and his voice. So I'm more hopeful about the second one.
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Post by linseed on Jun 26, 2022 7:03:34 GMT
I definitely want to read it, so will look for it in my library too.
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Post by dippergirl on Jun 26, 2022 23:22:59 GMT
Half way through, hope you are right about it picking up then, Miranda! Not totally impressed so far.
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Post by Miranda on Jun 27, 2022 2:18:51 GMT
It doesn't turn into a great story but it is better. I thought so anyway.
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Post by marion on Jun 27, 2022 9:33:20 GMT
It’s number 1 in the book charts! I hesitated about getting it but might pick it up second hand idc as you don’t all trash it!
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Post by sleepyp on Jun 27, 2022 10:51:22 GMT
Fortunately I got my copy for £9 in Sainsburys, RRP is £16.99 I think
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Post by Miranda on Jun 27, 2022 11:44:52 GMT
I'm glad I got mine from the library!
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Post by marion on Dec 23, 2022 11:11:49 GMT
I finished this last night and thought it was quite good, but a bit of a Curate’s Egg, 😂. I liked his style of writing but found the characterisation a bit off. I liked the portrayal of Daniel, his family, the detective and the aristocratic family, but I found the villagers completely indistinguishable and couldn’t remember who any of them were from one chapter to another. The denouement was interesting, but it popped out of nowhere really. It also seemed odd that it was set in 1988 without any indication of that in the opening chapters. I was getting confused as to how what I thought was set in the present day could keep referencing the war. Eventually he mentioned Celine Dion winning Eurovision so I googled that, 😂.
Ill try the next one but hope he pays as much attention to the portrayal of the villagers as he does to the leads.
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Post by Miranda on Dec 23, 2022 11:18:54 GMT
I can't really remember much about it but agree it was definitely a curate's egg.
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Post by kakewalk on Dec 23, 2022 12:29:53 GMT
I started reading this last night (not having seen this thread). It was offered to me by Amazon on my kindle for 99p!
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Post by linseed on Dec 23, 2022 15:46:46 GMT
Thanks for this, I checked on my iPad and I can also get Murder at Evensong on the iPad for 99p! So I bought it, I mean for 99p I don’t care if it’s slow.
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Post by Miranda on Aug 25, 2023 1:43:55 GMT
I'm now reading the second one and have to say, it's not an improvement. In fact it's worse than the first one. And I may have to pay the library for it as Charlie has chewed the spine.
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Anymore to come?
