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Summary: fascinating read
Review: Miss George has created very vivid realistic characters & placed them on a mist shrouded Isle off the coast of France, @ or her supporting characters froim her other books are the main ones in this tale.
As usual the villians are nasty, the heros & heroines are all nice people some with problems. Its a complete pleasure to read her books.
If you want a great read THIS IS IT. I read this about 3 months ago, & remember many fine people I would like to have known,
Eagerly awaiting her next volume.
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Summary: A big disappointment, again
Review: What's happened? I really liked the first Elizabeth George-novels, but her latest... they're too long, overcrowded, and the plots, well... no.
In this one my favorite characters, Simon and Deborah, get to solve the crime but not even that can help this book. I think it's slow and I read and read and never got anywhere. Too bad. This was my last try, I won't read any more of her books.
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Summary: oh dear oh dear oh dear
Review: No Barbara Havers. Poor plot construction. Ms George and I have come to a parting of the ways... I shall not be buying any more of her books.
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Summary: Simon and Deborah go wild in Guernsey !
Review: Oh dear -has Elizabeth George run out of stream ! - what a convuluted story with subplots that are neither interesting nor useful in helping us understand who murdered Gut Brouard. It was such a dissapointing end and I just wanted Lyneley to come over from London and save the day . Deborah and St James make such an unconvincing pair who clearly should not be at the helm in solving this murder - in fact by the end of the book I was hoping St James might murder Deborah who was making such a hash of protecting her friend China who stands accused of killing Mr Brouard!An awful plot that took so long to end - what a shame as i love her other books . I missed Havers and Linley .
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Summary: Elizabeth George lets us down again!
Review: What's up with Elizabeth George? I used to love her books, but I was very disappointed in A TRAITOR TO MEMORY which should have been called A TRAITOR TO HER READERS. It was awful, but I bit the bullet and gave her another chance. A PLACE OF HIDING was the most convoluted mess I think I have ever read. There must have been 20 subplots, none of which were very interesting. Lynley and Havers were conspicuously absent and, deep down, I don't think Ms. George actually likes Deborah and Simon St. James. The whole mess went on for far too long and, frankly, toward the end, I didn't care who killed Guy Brouard. This may be the last time she suckers me into buying a book!
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Summary: Disappointed Fan
Review: This book was just awful. No Lynley, no Havers. The plot is boring; the characters bland and boring (there is NO chemistry between Deborah and Simon). I am a huge E. George fan and pre-ordered this book only to find that I had to force myself to finish each page. I just can't get over how disappointed I am with this novel.
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Summary: Please go back to Lynley and Havers!
Review: Don't get me wrong, this is a very good book. But the main characters (Simon and his wife) are not as interesting as Lynley and Havers. Besides I waited more than a year for this book because I wanted to know what was going to happen with Barbara and her neighbors just to find out that she is not mentioned in this new book in the series. I hope George goes back to the characters that really characterize this series in her next book!
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Summary: Nice "Place to Visit, But...
Review: I love what Elizabeth George does, I just wish she'd do it in half the time. I know that the introduction of characters and the analyses of their daily lives and inner struggles is meant to serve as so many red herrings, but too often George just comes across as enamored of her own voice. And when the denoument is as pedestrian (and predictable) as it is here, I for one resent how long it's taken to get there. Add a cast of characters that range from grating (the hippie-dippy Californians) to downright unpleasant (Adrian's abrasive mother) and two detectives (not George's usual pair) whose romantic moaning and groaning are tedious at best...and you have sub-par George. But George nonetheless.
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Summary: A diffrent approach for Elizabeth George
Review: In her latest novel, A Place of Hiding,Elizabeth George deviates from the streets of London and the English country-side as she invites us to the Island of Guernsey. Her approach is both historic and vivid as we see Guernsey from the prospective of Londoners Deborah and Simon St James. It is action packed and as usual one needs to have a sharp mind to keep up with the plot and character development. However, there was something missing and that was Barbara,Tommy and Helen!It just did not seem like an Elizabeth George novel without these delightful characters! I hope that the next book that she writes includes them. The Americans were an ok edition, but I do believe her books are better off with her English characters.I do however recommend this book.
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Summary: Elizabeth George's Latest--This fan is disappointed.
Review: As a great admirer of Elizabeth George novels, I was very disappointed in her latest effort. Too much description,too wordy, too much repetition. Overkill on the foreshadowing, Paul's rucksack for example--we got it already! When I did finally get interested in finding out "whodunit", it had taken too long to get there (well over halfway), and once the plot was revealed, it was quite lacking in logic and believeability. I will definitely try again. Hopefully, Ms. George will be back in form with her usually interesting and clever tales with witty and intelligent dialogue.
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