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A review by reading_rainy
The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths
4.0
*3.5* This series has been both a pleasure to read, and also a source of frustration.
Can it really have been 12 books, and 10 years of Ruth's life pining away for Nelson? I first fell in love with Ruth, a forensic archaeologists, by her forward thinking, completely genuine, intelligent, yet self-deprecating attitude. But I'm tired of waiting for the Nelson drama to fix itself. Their simmering passions, and in earlier books, their frantic coupling (that produce their daughter while Nelson was married), have turned into a soap opera and I'm done wondering when they'll either realize they are perfectly imperfect together, or let the whole thing go, and be happy in other relationships.
I have no idea how Nelson's wife Michelle, has been able to handle all of this over the past ten years. (Obv if you've read the series, she's had her share of drama as well)
Despite my complaining about the relationship angst, the mysteries in these books are tight, well thought out, engaging, and never too gory. These books are filled with folklore and rich with historical facts.
Griffiths weaves her secondary characters so well that I've come to feel as if they are family. Every time I sink into another story, I can't wait to hear how Ruth's friends are doing, or to learn what Nelson's co-workers are up to.
Can it really have been 12 books, and 10 years of Ruth's life pining away for Nelson? I first fell in love with Ruth, a forensic archaeologists, by her forward thinking, completely genuine, intelligent, yet self-deprecating attitude. But I'm tired of waiting for the Nelson drama to fix itself. Their simmering passions, and in earlier books, their frantic coupling (that produce their daughter while Nelson was married), have turned into a soap opera and I'm done wondering when they'll either realize they are perfectly imperfect together, or let the whole thing go, and be happy in other relationships.
I have no idea how Nelson's wife Michelle, has been able to handle all of this over the past ten years. (Obv if you've read the series, she's had her share of drama as well)
Despite my complaining about the relationship angst, the mysteries in these books are tight, well thought out, engaging, and never too gory. These books are filled with folklore and rich with historical facts.
Griffiths weaves her secondary characters so well that I've come to feel as if they are family. Every time I sink into another story, I can't wait to hear how Ruth's friends are doing, or to learn what Nelson's co-workers are up to.