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A review by profbanks
Justice Hall by Laurie R. King
5.0
I started out reading these books as part of my Year of Reading Virtuously project, but I don't know if I'm allowed to keep them there since they've become my drug of choice. I'm even doing that thing I do with authors whose books come out infrequently--I'm rationing myself books and chapters to make them last longer. There's nothing virtuous in that, surely. :)
For reasons I can't explain, this one seemed quite long, as had O Jerusalem. But it was thoroughly enjoyable: familiar characters in new and challenging situations; compelling new characters brought into the mix; and (while war stories aren't much my thing) the brutal honesty/honest brutality of King's portrayal of the WWI experience, with an interesting emphasis on the recently-illuminated aspect of rushed executions of young soldiers by an insecure, inefficient command structure, added an element of gripping importance that hasn't always been present in the mystery portions of the plot.
I renew my goodnatured exception to the amount of time Holmes and Russell spend apart, and my fervent wish for a spin-off romance of the two.
For reasons I can't explain, this one seemed quite long, as had O Jerusalem. But it was thoroughly enjoyable: familiar characters in new and challenging situations; compelling new characters brought into the mix; and (while war stories aren't much my thing) the brutal honesty/honest brutality of King's portrayal of the WWI experience, with an interesting emphasis on the recently-illuminated aspect of rushed executions of young soldiers by an insecure, inefficient command structure, added an element of gripping importance that hasn't always been present in the mystery portions of the plot.
I renew my goodnatured exception to the amount of time Holmes and Russell spend apart, and my fervent wish for a spin-off romance of the two.