Friday, October 29, 2004

Book Review (Miss Marple, Rise and Fall of the Third Reich)

Oh, dear God. I have got to be more inventive with my selections.

Miss Marple - The Complete Short Stories is fun, but repetitive. I guess this collection is an argument against collections. Agatha Christie had a great receipe: mix a variety of personalities, add a pinch of murder, have the least likely suspect be the killer, and make sure the old lady is always the one to figure it out.

Every . . . single . . . story works itself out in this fashion. Every one. It's fun for the first five or so, but after that...well, normally, I don't return a book until I've finished it. This one's going back to the library.

I should say something nice--Christie paints wonderful personalities with their little indiosyncrisies. They're great little Victorian vigniettes.

(Ooooh. Double V-words.)

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich...I haven't finished either. I'm returning it because I ran out of renewals. I'm on page 1160 of 1500, and will check it out later. For now, I need a break.

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