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Strong Poison - Book Review
Title: Strong Poison
Author: Dorothy L Sayers
Number of Pages: 272
Genre: Fiction
Book Number/Goal: 51/75 in 2009
Review: This was a paperback bookclub selection. While I hadn't read any of the Wimsey novels before, I do fondly remember the character from PBS' Mystery! Our bookclub theme this quarter was 'food', so this was an excellent selection. It is the 5th book in the series, but the first with Harriet Vane.
I find Wimsey's character to be very witty. He's quite clever, and it's fun to follow him around town as he does his "thing". I'd almost dare to compare him to the likes of Det. Goren on Law & Order: CI. (He's not quite that 'weird' but there are definitely parallels there.) The book is a very light read. It's not really a page turner, which actually worked out well so that I could pick it up and read for only a few minutes as I had time throughout the day. (I save the page-turners for at night after my 3-year old goes to bed.)
Author: Dorothy L Sayers
Number of Pages: 272
Genre: Fiction
Book Number/Goal: 51/75 in 2009
Review: This was a paperback bookclub selection. While I hadn't read any of the Wimsey novels before, I do fondly remember the character from PBS' Mystery! Our bookclub theme this quarter was 'food', so this was an excellent selection. It is the 5th book in the series, but the first with Harriet Vane.
I find Wimsey's character to be very witty. He's quite clever, and it's fun to follow him around town as he does his "thing". I'd almost dare to compare him to the likes of Det. Goren on Law & Order: CI. (He's not quite that 'weird' but there are definitely parallels there.) The book is a very light read. It's not really a page turner, which actually worked out well so that I could pick it up and read for only a few minutes as I had time throughout the day. (I save the page-turners for at night after my 3-year old goes to bed.)