If you think that's bad, you really do not want to read the subsequent book - Presumption of Death - which does not have the benefit of at least some genuine DLS plot and DLS drafting.
I read Thrones, Dominations some time ago; I thought it had its moments, but was not anywhere near the standard set by the Wimsey canon. It went into the Oxfam pile rather than onto the "keeper" shelves (where the Wimsey canon resides).
I enjoyed Presumption of Death.......possibly just because I wanted more "Peter and Harriet" than was available in the DLS books. At the very least, that need proves my love of the characters. As a judge of one author taking over the characters of another, I have no particular qualifications :)
It's not the worst book I ever read. The frustrating thing about it was that it kept feeling like it was going to be good in just a minute... and then in the end it wasn't.
I got the book from the library, but it would have gone on the Oxfam pile for me as well.
I only enjoyed the parts directly relating to Peter and Harriet. I'm no judge of fanfic but read the book purely because I wanted more of the two main characters (and Bunter, naturally) so it fulfilled that need anyway.
I've just read The Attenbury Emeralds which I enjoyed more. That was entirely JPW so I'm not sure if that would enable you to enjoy it more because she wasn't stuck with a plot that had possibly been rejected by DLS or annoy you more because it turns out that the nasty common denominator was JPW all the same.....
I liked some of those parts as well - but in the end I started to get frustrated that they weren't going anywhere constructive to the plot. Which is a fundamental part of what they are after all - They Fight Crime!
oh my god! oh don't even....*deep breath* I think, and you may slam the butter if you remember me reviewing something of which you know the origina lauthor had someone else finish it off or something akin to that, but in some cases liek this-one or the horrid sanditon (then why did i order that from the library) I thin kthere's notenough original manuscript to go from and therefore far too much leeway for someone to think 'yay! i can legally stuff this with my thoughts on the book/series/what i missed in the other books!" now that we're talkign of unfinished series ihave three questions stemming from a discussion wit hsomeone else where we lost track of thigns and lack some info. a) is mr george r r marti nstill among us? b) what is the last released book of his ice adn fire series(because the last one i have is er...a feast of crows and i swear there was one more or two. or number five is out and someone said the sixth would be released 'tentatively' in 2012 and most likel ybe a trilogy of its own?
I must say, I've never been tempted by Sanditon. Sounds like my instincts were right for once.
far too much leeway for someone to think 'yay! i can legally stuff this with my thoughts on the book/series/what i missed in the other books!"
That seems about right to me. Right on the nail.
As to George R R Martin, he is still alive and well - in fact he is grrm on Livejournal. But he hasn't brought out anything more out since A Feast for Crows - he's still working on A Dance with Dragons but there's no publication date. I think he's having problems with one of the sub-plots.
I read somewhere that Sayers was so pleased with her diagram of the plot she felt it unnecessary to write the book. Soooooo want to see the diagram. As a mystery, I thought this one was okay actually, the next one better (I found the wartime details fascinating). I don't like the re-invention of relationships to suit modern sensibilities though. And the Peter/Harriet doesn't develop anywhere for me. A strange mixture of too little respect for canon and too much, can't help thinking JPW should have read some proper fanfic to see how to do it! I quite like her when writing for herself (though that may not be a recommendation given I quite liked this too!).
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I read Thrones, Dominations some time ago; I thought it had its moments, but was not anywhere near the standard set by the Wimsey canon. It went into the Oxfam pile rather than onto the "keeper" shelves (where the Wimsey canon resides).
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I got the book from the library, but it would have gone on the Oxfam pile for me as well.
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I've just read The Attenbury Emeralds which I enjoyed more. That was entirely JPW so I'm not sure if that would enable you to enjoy it more because she wasn't stuck with a plot that had possibly been rejected by DLS or annoy you more because it turns out that the nasty common denominator was JPW all the same.....
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Longer answer: It ain't what you've got, it's what you do with it. I'll get back to you.
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I'll get back to you.
*waits eagerly*
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far too much leeway for someone to think 'yay! i can legally stuff this with my thoughts on the book/series/what i missed in the other books!"
That seems about right to me. Right on the nail.
As to George R R Martin, he is still alive and well - in fact he is grrm on Livejournal. But he hasn't brought out anything more out since A Feast for Crows - he's still working on A Dance with Dragons but there's no publication date. I think he's having problems with one of the sub-plots.
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As a mystery, I thought this one was okay actually, the next one better (I found the wartime details fascinating).
I don't like the re-invention of relationships to suit modern sensibilities though. And the Peter/Harriet doesn't develop anywhere for me. A strange mixture of too little respect for canon and too much, can't help thinking JPW should have read some proper fanfic to see how to do it!
I quite like her when writing for herself (though that may not be a recommendation given I quite liked this too!).
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