Alyanorne reviewed The beekeeper's apprentice, or, On the segregation of the queen by Laurie R. King (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (1))
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2 stars
I think this is a fine book, but not much to my taste. I tore through it, interested to see the mystery solved, but found it not to my taste in general. This author has won many awards, and I think rightly so. I just don't think it was my cup of tea (pun intended?).
What I liked:
-written in a style not unlike the original Sherlock Holmes books
-pretty fair depiction of already familiar characters
-quick moving
What I didn't like:
-a few round about bits that were of no interest to me
-some British/old spellings that caught me off guard such as "kerb" instead of "curb" and "connexion" instead of "connection." They might have been added to give the writing an antique feel, but they made me stumble and took me out of the story
-a few $2 words when 10 cent ones would have done. For example, …
I think this is a fine book, but not much to my taste. I tore through it, interested to see the mystery solved, but found it not to my taste in general. This author has won many awards, and I think rightly so. I just don't think it was my cup of tea (pun intended?).
What I liked:
-written in a style not unlike the original Sherlock Holmes books
-pretty fair depiction of already familiar characters
-quick moving
What I didn't like:
-a few round about bits that were of no interest to me
-some British/old spellings that caught me off guard such as "kerb" instead of "curb" and "connexion" instead of "connection." They might have been added to give the writing an antique feel, but they made me stumble and took me out of the story
-a few $2 words when 10 cent ones would have done. For example, sough, when sigh or whistle would have been fine. Again, may have been used to give an antique feel, but it made me stumble.
-Not particularly fond of Mary Russell herself, which is tough considering the story is told in the first person. I rarely had any sympathy for her.
