tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post5347620500577881336..comments2024-03-28T21:14:53.088-04:00Comments on MY READER'S BLOCK: File No. 113: ReviewBev Hankinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-91574093466527324102012-07-31T15:56:27.162-04:002012-07-31T15:56:27.162-04:00I really liked The Mystery of the Yellow Room, so ...I really liked The Mystery of the Yellow Room, so I will have to give this one a try! I've been wanting to read Gaboriau for a while.Heidenkindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09494625457587427781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-84839267188843171722012-07-11T14:02:29.898-04:002012-07-11T14:02:29.898-04:00@John: I suppose that one (as an English majory-s...@John: I suppose that one (as an English majory-sort) ought to be thrilled to see a mystery story that reminds one of the typical 19th-century narrative....I'm thinking George Eliot and the need to go into such long, drawn-out, detailed lengths about EV-ER-Y-THING...but I like my detailed 19th century literary fiction separate from my mysteries. And in FILE, it seems like Gaboriau has taken two very different narrative forms and shoved them together (or rather--bookended the romantic 19th C literary fiction with the action/detective story).Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-64315220742844210842012-07-11T13:52:35.637-04:002012-07-11T13:52:35.637-04:00I just read THE MYSTERY OF ORCIVAL and your compla...I just read THE MYSTERY OF ORCIVAL and your complaint about the love story bogging down the story seems to be a Gaboriau stylistic fault to a modern reader. These books were originaliy serialized and were published in multiple volumes back in the 19th century. ...ORCIVAL has a great beginning detective story with a lively Lecoq showing off his astute skills of observation and sharing detection with a wily judge. Then we are "treated" to the story of the count and his wife (she is a murder victim, he has disappeared) in which we learn that they were duplicitous and treacherous people. It seems to go on forever before the story returns to Lecoq and the judge and the solution to the crimes. <br /><br />One of these days I'll get around to writing a review of it. But I'm ridiculously behind. Summer is here with all its tempetations. We're outdoors as often as possible, exploring on our bikes, hiking in the state and national parks, and as far away from computers as we can get.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-36337139453779929382012-07-11T10:46:52.275-04:002012-07-11T10:46:52.275-04:00I love the teasers!! Thanks for another great revi...I love the teasers!! Thanks for another great review!Gina @ Hott Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932892292635720422noreply@blogger.com