A review by elliot_dw
Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne

2.0

I can’t quite decide how I feel about this book. I loved the setting, and getting to learn about Celtic Christianity and theological debates of the period. But as other reviewers also said, the first half of the book feels like an info dump about the period, with too many names and places, without enough contextualizing to know which are important.

I liked Sister Fidelma as a character, although I hope she gets more fully fleshed out in future books. The mystery plot was fine - not shocking, but enjoyable enough to watch it unfold. I was unimpressed, though, by the homophobic characterization of one (arguably, two) of the secondary characters.

While I didn’t love this one, I’m willing to give the series another try, in hopes that Tremayne figures out his writing style a bit more.