tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763245016388051820.post4171481298991703550..comments2023-03-10T22:23:00.603+11:00Comments on Sunnie's Book Blog: Review: DEAD OF WINTER - Rennie AirthSunnie Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602526545956274958noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763245016388051820.post-48144018408266819602009-10-07T12:26:16.594+11:002009-10-07T12:26:16.594+11:00Dorte, I can put up with some things - I struggled...Dorte, I can put up with some things - I struggled with THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE because it took the author so long to get to the meat of the story, but not this time.Sunnie Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602526545956274958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763245016388051820.post-22090915196098220472009-10-07T12:24:43.425+11:002009-10-07T12:24:43.425+11:00LOL So I inadvertantly hit your pet peeve by sayin...LOL So I inadvertantly hit your pet peeve by saying if the character had been in a movie...etc......<br /><br />Must look up the short list for the Ellis Peters thing. Life has been getting in the way big time lately.Sunnie Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602526545956274958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763245016388051820.post-76573290359787937322009-10-07T00:18:28.417+11:002009-10-07T00:18:28.417+11:00I think we are many who don´t like that. I may enj...I think we are many who don´t like that. I may enjoy a novel anyway if the minor characters are engaging enough, but I agree that if you market a book as ´crime novel´, too many digressions are a flaw.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763245016388051820.post-33744562720674502252009-10-06T22:32:15.024+11:002009-10-06T22:32:15.024+11:00This novel is on the six book Ellis Peters shortli...This novel is on the six book Ellis Peters shortlist and I am trying to read the four books I haven't read by 28 October. I am now very interested to see my own reaction to it.<br />The book I am reading now has some annoying features but I am fully involved and these won't put me off finishing. <br />One pet peeve I have just gone past in the book is when a character says if this were a book or a film or fiction so and so would happen.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763245016388051820.post-67299759634044164262009-10-06T14:16:39.634+11:002009-10-06T14:16:39.634+11:00Thanks Margot, I was surprised when I read other r...Thanks Margot, I was surprised when I read other reviews which expressed similar sentiments to mine. I thought it was just one of my peeves.Sunnie Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602526545956274958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763245016388051820.post-75301092342250761392009-10-06T14:14:35.461+11:002009-10-06T14:14:35.461+11:00Thanks for this review. I agree with you that the ...Thanks for this review. I agree with you that the central focus of a mystery should be the mystery and the main characters. When the author "wanders off" to other matters, that can really take away from the overall novel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com