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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I eagerly anticipated Anne Perry's new series set during World War I, but this muddled, ill-conceived mystery was a major disappointment. Perry's mysteries revolve around her characters as much as the plot, so the Reavleys are a surprisingly dull and unsympathetic bunch. These alleged Cambridge intellectuals use bad grammar and address each other in mawkish speeches which are ludicrous coming from stiff upper-lip 1914 Britons.The real problem with No Graves as Yet is that the author failed to do enough research to truly bring this period of history to life. She seems unaware that Cambridge was a center of social and intellectual ferment and misses the opportunity to enliven her narrative and enlighten her readers with cameo appearances by historical figures such as Rupert Brooke. There's a lot of maundering about war and peace in No Graves as Yet, but Perry fails to portray the intense patriotism of the British people, which led even the most radical Socialists to join the army in 1914. The betrayal of that patriotism is the story of World War I and it's especially relevant to today's world. It's a shame that Perry chose to narrowly focus on her flimsy characters and murder plot instead of putting more history into this historical mystery.
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Summary: What A Disappointment!
Review: I had been saving this book for an after-holiday bad-weather reading treat. Big disappointment. After following the Pitts and Monk and Hester through all their wonderful adventures, I found this book to be a big letdown. It was so boring I couldn't even stay with it--didn't care about any of the characters or what happened to them. It's hard for me to believe that Anne Perry could write such a dull book, bust apparently she has. Every highly moral idea a character has is stated multiple times, barmaids speak like poets, and pages go by without anything happening except the reader being talked to death. I doubt that I'll bother with the next title in the series. Unless a different editor takes over who will cut out all the excess.
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Summary: Very dissappointed
Review: I have heard so much about Anne Perry that I had to read one of her books. After I renewed it from the Library for the second time (14 days) and found myself still not finished, I concluded, it was not keeping my interest and was very slow moving. I went to the last few pages, and felt I got most of the story. Only then,do you find out where the documents are and the whole event is very simple. Regarding the world events surrounding WWI, better to go to a history book or true historic novel. If it sequals well, there may be hope. But I would not recommend the book. Better to spend an hour watching a murder story on Law and Order for a fun evening.
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Summary: A Great Beginning
Review: I have read most of Anne Perry's mysteries. Not being a sci fi fan, I haven't tried those. I had grown tired of Pitt and Monk--perhaps one can only take SO many mysteries and the dynamics between the detectives and their spouses seemed repetitious.
However, I thoroughly enjoyed her new series! Contrary to the other reviewers, I felt that she was painting a long-term picture that I didn't expect WOULD be resolved in one novel. As always, her descriptions are sumptuous and memorable, her characters complex (yes, even the females!) and the various stories kept me reading on and on. Although there were several questions left hanging at the end of the book, it was clear to me that this was the beginning of a story, not an ending. I am looking forward to Christmas when I hope that someone will give me the next in the series!
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Summary: Perry's Best Yet
Review: I have read several of the Monk and Pitt mysteries and loved them, but I think this is her best novel yet. Anxiously awaiting the next book in the series.
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Summary: Great New Series
Review: I really enjoyed this first book in the new series. I have long enjoyed Ms. Perry's books and am in awe of the details that she uses to bring you right into a time and place you could never hope to see otherwise. These new characters draw you into their story and Ms. Perry deftly weaves espionage, fear and bravery into a well plotted novel of WWI.
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Summary: Verbose and rather boring
Review: I struggled through this novel hoping it would improve, and towards the end - it did somewhat, but it still put me to sleep several times! Being the first in a new series by Perry I was prepared to make allowences, but in the end I was disappointed with her new WW1 direction. Perhaps "Shoulder the Sky" will be better.
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Summary: R.I.P.
Review: I trudged through this dull disappointment in disbelief - is this the same Anne Perry whose William Monk and Thomas Pitt novels delivered finely-drawn characters, incisive social commentary and intricate plots? Here, the characters are cyphers; where personalities exist, they're delivered through overwrought histrionics or dull platitudes. None of Perry's fascinating insight into Victorian mores, gender roles and class issues survives the leap forward into 1914 - in this novel the lower classes are distinguished mostly by their use of "Oi" in referring to themselves, and - in the case of the initially intriguing police inspector dispatched to Cambridge University - witless incomprehension regarding the lofty sphere of British acedemia.
Perry must have been having a bad day when she wrote this - I couldn't help wondering whether she'd pulled this manuscript out from a pile of early attempts at fiction, perhaps to satisfy a contractual obligation.
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Summary: ANNE PERRY KNOWS HOW TO WRITE A GREAT BOOK
Review: I was so excited to finally get my hands on this book, and even more so to find out that it will be a new series.
I fell in love with the Reavley brothers instantly because they were written so well. I feel like they are just like regular guys with dreams and history, and flaws, and through it all they remained strong for each other.
I love Anne Perry's work. This is a great story that takes you back in time and makes you think.
Give this book a chance, it's worth it.
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Summary: Truly Magnificent!
Review: I wasn't going to begin this new series of Anne Perry's since I love the Pitt and Monk series so much. I thought that none could compare and it's a different historical time as well. I read the reviews for this book in Amazon and thought it probably wasn't worth the time. I am very glad that I didn't ignore this book! Ms. Perry weaves her web and draws her readers into the golden summer of 1914 in England as only she can. A much simpler age than now, surely, but underneath the idyllic setting is a very real threat and enormous danger. It is the dawn of the greatest war the world has ever experienced, and we the readers are right there in it. The book shows the fear, darkness and terror experienced by the people when an event occurs in faraway Sarajevo that will alter the world as they know it. English people know that this war will lead to mass destruction and to many thousands of deaths, and they are powerless to stop it. The book is set around a very small area of rural England (around Cambridge), but even in this sleepy little area the danger of the world creeps in. Murders occur that bring the terror to the citizens of Cambridge. We meet a whole new cast of characters that we hope to see in the future. Awesome! And the title is just as haunting as every page in this book - "NO GRAVES AS YET".
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