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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Too long by far Don't get me wrong; this is a great read. The atmosphere created by the author really makes you feel as though you're stuck in a Tudor monastery in the middle of a blizzard yourself....and you feel as though you need to continue with the book because of this.
Sadly I feel that it's over long and drawn out. 420 pages could have been trimmed down easily without losing any of the main plot.
One other thing....I found it difficult to follow the plot when all of the main suspects are called Brother... more info
Great Murder Mystery set in tudor times I absolutely loved this book. I was so sad when it finished! The characters come to life effortlessly, and you really do sympathise with Shardlake. He is a lovely character and you're rooting for him all the way through. Although a lot of the book is set inside the monastery, the scenes bring to life how hard life must have been for people and you get sucked into the day to day struggles of the characters. I recommend this to anyone who loves good, gritty, intelligent historic fiction. I am... more info
Monks and mayhem on the south coast.... Plenty of people have compared this book to Eco's Name of the Rose, which is a little unfair (rather in the way every single fantasy book is somehow related back to JRRTolkien)as that sets some pretty big boots to fill! The parallells are sometimes very strong- no spoilers- but this is a very different book, and for me lacks the intensity, originality and dazzling plot of the former. But enough about Eco! This is a well written and capable story, the characters are simply sketched and develop with the plot.... more info
Name of the Rose it ain't Sorry, it's a murder mystery set in a monastery of grotesque monks with an ever increasing body count, a historical setting and a standard flawed detective and his questioning young side kick. But it isn't the Name of the Rose. The anachronism of the genre to the period which Eco explores so well is not appreciated here. The author has no real understanding of the Tudor period, as opposed to knowledge of the facts. Servants are not just incumberances to be shooed away when the principal characters need... more info
