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ashleylm 's review for:
Case Histories
by Kate Atkinson
I won't say Kate Atkinson can do no wrong (since I remember not loving A God in Ruins as much as I'd hoped—still gave it 4 stars), but her track record so far is awfully good. As much as I like a good mystery, I appreciate great writing even more, and this is that, in spades. If you love mysteries you'll still love this (there are several, all connected via the detective hired to investigate them), but at a higher pitch. This isn't one of those Poirot interviews the suspects, examines the clues, uses his grey cells, and comes to a conclusion kind of a novel. Don't expect that. It's luscious writing that happens to be about people involved with various mysteries. (Heck, if you've read Life After Life, it's about as much a mystery as that book was science fiction).
I'm not describing it well, so let's just say it's a book, beautifully written, always interesting, moving, occasionally funny, it's all the things.
(Note: I'm a writer myself, so suffer pangs of guilt every time I offer less than five stars. These aren't ratings of quality, just my subjective account of how much I liked them: 5* = one of my all-time favourites, 4* = enjoyed it, 3* = readable but not thrilling, 2* = disappointing, and 1* = hated it.)
I'm not describing it well, so let's just say it's a book, beautifully written, always interesting, moving, occasionally funny, it's all the things.
(Note: I'm a writer myself, so suffer pangs of guilt every time I offer less than five stars. These aren't ratings of quality, just my subjective account of how much I liked them: 5* = one of my all-time favourites, 4* = enjoyed it, 3* = readable but not thrilling, 2* = disappointing, and 1* = hated it.)