tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post152688505436461884..comments2024-03-28T21:14:53.088-04:00Comments on MY READER'S BLOCK: The Red Lamp: ReviewBev Hankinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-25194802653325470712012-03-17T18:53:29.852-04:002012-03-17T18:53:29.852-04:00I haven't read this one yet, but have a feelin...I haven't read this one yet, but have a feeling that I'm so taken with her right now that i'll be able to gloss over the not so great parts.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-15847877111081573362012-02-22T20:56:18.903-05:002012-02-22T20:56:18.903-05:00I have been meaning to read a Rinehart but I may s...I have been meaning to read a Rinehart but I may skip this one. Great review though - very detailed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-3491915358132022232012-02-09T19:16:07.611-05:002012-02-09T19:16:07.611-05:00@Sergio & Yvette: Yes, Rinehart has some very...@Sergio & Yvette: Yes, Rinehart has some very good ones (I've enjoyed all the others I've read so far). I'm hoping that there are more good ones to come--I've got quite a few on the TBR stack that I picked up at last year's Red Cross Book Sale.<br /><br />@John: The Man in Lower Ten is on the docket for my Murder by the Numbers Vintage Theme.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-73474899537890181772012-02-09T16:18:51.406-05:002012-02-09T16:18:51.406-05:00I'll stay away from this one, Bev. For sure. I...I'll stay away from this one, Bev. For sure. I think I've pretty much read all the best MRR books this past year.<br /><br />When she was good, she was great. But when she wasn't she wasn't.<br /><br />Know what I mean?Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-38197219215673947942012-02-09T13:41:16.452-05:002012-02-09T13:41:16.452-05:00This book gets so many different reactions, but I ...This book gets so many different reactions, but I think if I ever finally read it (I do have a copy that I found last year) I think I would have very much the same reaction as you do. Great quotes, BTW!<br /><br />I keep wanting to read THE MAN IN LOWER TEN because of the spectacular train wreck so beautifully illustrated in the copy I own. (Hmm...can a train wreck be beautiful? Well, the pictures make it seem so.) I've always wondered how Rinehart would handle a "disaster" scene that it right out of <i>The Fugitive.</i>J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-89442298334803953832012-02-08T18:07:41.946-05:002012-02-08T18:07:41.946-05:00Rinehart is one of those authors that I read with ...Rinehart is one of those authors that I read with some enthusiasm when I first got into mysteries in my teens, but I found my enthusiasm was quickly overtaken by the likes of Queen and Christie first and then the hardboiled school of Chandler, Hammett and Macdonald later on. I never quite got back to reading her work, which i regret slightly since, I suspect, I got a bit sniffy as my tastes changed. I think I found the style old-fashioned, for want of a better word, thought hat didn't stop me loving Doyle and Wilkie Collins, so it's not just the distance in years, but in attitude I suppose. You've really made me want to go back and see exactly which of her books I've got on the shelf (probably all in Italian translations ...) and see what I might feel about her work now.Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com