The Lamorna Wink
by Martha Grimes
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Author: Martha GrimesEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-09-01
ISBN: 0451409361
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Onyx
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Book Review: 5++ for style, but only a 3 overall
Summary: 3 Stars
I've read most of Ms Grimes earlier Richard Jury mysteries, but finally gave up on them because I found the central male and female characters tiresome after a while. I kept wanting to say, "Get a life, or least get some serious counseling!" I'm pleased to say that Jury puts in only a brief appearence towards the end of the book, while the much more charismatic and entertaining Melrose Plant helds center stage with his wit and humor intact--an earlier novel had left me fearing he too was about to become tiresome, but I see this is not the case. So far as I can see from the narrative, Jury's appearence at all seems to have been dictate simply by the fact that the series is the "Inspector Jury Series."
I have no clue what the time element was to which another reveiwer referred; so far as I could see the the temporal aspects of the author's story seemed plausible. The sequential aspects definitely took a major back seat to the overall plot of the story for me. I have to say, I enjoy the lady's writing style; she definitely creates a sense of environement and action. As long as I stay within the bounds that she has set and don't ask any questions, I enjoy myself. Once free of the spell however, I ask myself, "Could this even have happened?" In this case I have to say, "No way. Not in a million years." It's not that I cannot see this type of thing occuring, aweful as it was, it's that I can't believe it would have happened to those it did and for the reasons it did. That left me feeling that the book just didn't live up to expectation.
I give the author 5++ for her style, but only a 3 for the overall effect of the book.
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