A review by shalini_gunnasan
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters

4.0

I like Brother Cadfael's pragmatism. Very practical man, and it is he and not that lofty, holier-than-thou Prior Robert who is really a better case for religion. The murder mystery was all right, it's more of a B-plot to me as it was rather transparent who the fool was. I was much more interested in the cloister life, it is most fascinating as I know nothing of it except for what was portrayed in Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose. The introduction to Wales village culture is also a bonus, although I do not find such clannishness and inward-looking attitudes as a positive thing. At any rate, I like how the author humanizes the monastic life, and shows that they are just ordinary people like the rest of us, striving to live well and make better the lives of others.