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Summary: All good things have to end
Review: The Inspector Morse book as well as TV series (played by John Thaw) was and still remains one of my favorits British mystery series. John Thaw was the perfect Inspector Morse and thinking back at reading this book, makes me so sad that both Inspector Morse and John Thaw have passed on.
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Summary: All good things have to end
Review: The Inspector Morse book as well as TV series (played by John Thaw) was and still remains one of my favorits British mystery series. John Thaw was the perfect Inspector Morse and thinking back at reading this book, makes me so sad that both Inspector Morse and John Thaw have passed on.
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Summary: Swan Song
Review: The logophilic, curmudgeonly Chief Inspector makes his last bow in this absorbing mystery. As with all Morse novels, the entertainment comes not so much from the plot as from the character of Morse himself and the strange personalities he comes across during the course of his investigations. The lover of crossword puzzles, Wagner, beautiful women, Scotch and Faure's Requiem makes brilliant deductions (often brilliantly wrong), but the faithful cricketer Sergeant Lewis is always there to set him back on the right course. Colin Dexter succeeds in making grammar interesting and has elevated the selection of chapter epigraphs to an art form! The thirteen Morse novels are a unique and enduring addition to the crime canon, and it is a remorseful day indeed when it comes time to say goodbye.
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Summary: very bor-ing, slow, uneventful read
Review: The Remorseful Day for me was a very bor-ing, slow, uneventful read. I've read two Inspector Morse books. The Way Through the Woods was my first and in my opinion far better than The Remorseful Day. Morse is an arrogant and conceded man who's detecting doesn't impress enough to counter balance these faults. He likes to belittle his fellow officers, thinks everyone is beneath him, and wastes everyone's time by failing to communicate his progress, thus redundancy is the norm. Yet this Morse is too stupid(?) to stop drinking after being diagnosed with diabetes. The story itself is told in a dull plodding manner. Not recommended
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Summary: The Last Inspector Morse
Review: This book is about the morality and mortality of Morse, Dexter's renowned detective. The plot isn't the best of the 14 Morse mysteries, but it is a fitting and touching conclusion to this excellent series. If you like Morse and his sidekick Sergeant Lewis, you'll love this book.
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Summary: Excellent end to series.
Review: This book is the first Inspector Morse novel I read. This compares to Agatha Christie's "Curtain" as books are excellent sendoffs to great detectives. I found the ending of "The Remorseful Day" to be sad, gratifying, and suprising as there are a few loose ends that are tied up after Morse is gone. Colin Dexter uses many interesting words that had me going for my dictionary. Excellent read for both enjoyment and to expand one's vocabulary
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Summary: Dexter ends on the highest note of all
Review: This, the final Inspector Morse novel, is the best out of the entire lot. Its got a great plot...its not as complicated as some of the other Morse novels (For example, the Dead of Jericho) and is developed excellently. It also has a more distinctive focus on the characters in the novel than some of his others, which makes this fresh and incredibly interesting. This time, we not only see Morse intimately, but those around him as well. This is a brilliant, brilliant crime novel. Its realistic and incredibly moving. Morse is probably the best detective in all fiction, and when he finally meets his demise, i am not ashamed to admit that i cried. It is a very, very moving book. Unfortunately, this was not made into a very sucessful TV adaptation. (Many won't agree with me, but it was not.) In the book, Morse's death has much more impact...its drawn out for longer, beginning its occurence about a hundred pages from the end. its emotional and very sad, but in the TV adaptation, Morse's death is hardly even hinted at until five minutes before the end, when he suddenly drops down dead, as if killing him off was just an afterthought. Much of the emotional impact from the book was lost. Lewis is on great form was again, as is Superintendent Strange. There are some brilliant and unexpected twists in this novel, several of which force Lewis to reevaluate his opinions of his friend and boss, casting into doubt everything he thinks he knows about him. With a shatteringly effective plot, a great solution, and a brilliantly moving ending, this is certainly his best Morse novel. And the good Chief Inspector remains an enigma right until the end.
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Summary: Morse goes out with a bang, not a whimper!
Review: To Inspector Morse fans and other knowledgeable readers, clearly the "outcome" of the venerable--but irascible--detective should be known. The book's been on the shelves long enough for the word to have gotten around. It's his swan song; author Colin Dexter says "adieu" to the series, and readers move on. That said, "The Remorseful Day" perhaps should have read, "The Remorseful Series," as, indeed, Dexter has chosen a most apt ending for his parade of intriguing, exciting, and most worthwhile "cases." Certainly his bread and butter, the Morse series has given Dexter a most respected name in this genre and naturally it is with some sadness that we view the finale. As such, perhaps, Dexter does not give us his best book; he didn't save the best for last. However, it seems that was not his intention. Dexter, in an interview on TV last year, indicated that "The Remorseful Day"was more a tribute to Morse than just another mystery in this popular series. Thus, he seems to give a valedictory to Morse as his primary concern and the mystery-storyline becomes secondary. He puts the final touches on Morse's character, and Morse can now "go gently into that good night." The storyline is simple enough: a year-old murder of Yvonne Harrison is re-opened and Morse is reluctant to head the investigation; between Supt. Strange and Sgt. Lewis, of course, Morse finally is "coaxed" to enter the picture. The plot spins along at a faster pace than Dexter usually employs; he now concentrates on putting the final (pun intended) touches to Morse. It is a brave adventure, knowing there are countless Morse fans and the slightest errant way will bring forth a reader revolution! In this book, Dexter dramatically displays his ability to control absolutely the tempo of the narrative and the reader finds a faster-paced work being slowed down by the reality of the situation: it is high drama without the melodrama; it is sadness, yet Dexter handles it with literary class. It is a tribute to a favorite character and one readers are not likely to forget. It is Morse's trip to the Elyssian Fields--where else would he go? (Billyjhobbs@tyler.net)
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Summary: Farewell to Morse
Review: What a wonderful final book this is...and Dexter keeps us wondering to the end. We find out last,telling details about Morse and his friends in the last pages. Morse is a much more fully developed "real" person than most detectives are, full of frailties, and poetry, and temper. How lovely that Dexter got a chance to complete Morse for us, for it's a rarity to see a character all the way out like this. I loved it, and cried along with Sgt. Lewis, poor man.
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