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A review by maplessence
Fear Stalks the Village by Ethel Lina White
3.0
3.5★
I loved Ethel Lina White's [b:The Lady Vanishes|1024939|The Lady Vanishes|Ethel Lina White|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1180313825l/1024939._SY75_.jpg|1011180] but only liked this book, & find it hard to believe that there was only four years difference between the publishing dates, as I remember The Lady Vanishes as being a far more accomplished book.
What I did like was the sense of place White gave with her description of village life. The village did sound too good to be true - which of course it was! Ignatious Brown was an interesting in character detective & I'm trying to allow for the fact that this book was first published in 1932 so was groundbreaking for it's time.
But I didn't like the way that a character, who appeared important when she was introduced, completely disappeared. & Fear is given a physical (& fanciful appearance) Didn't work for me & I found the resolution both unsatisfying and over the top.
I have another couple of White books on my Kindle & I liked this book well enough that I will read them in the future.
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I loved Ethel Lina White's [b:The Lady Vanishes|1024939|The Lady Vanishes|Ethel Lina White|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1180313825l/1024939._SY75_.jpg|1011180] but only liked this book, & find it hard to believe that there was only four years difference between the publishing dates, as I remember The Lady Vanishes as being a far more accomplished book.
What I did like was the sense of place White gave with her description of village life. The village did sound too good to be true - which of course it was! Ignatious Brown was an interesting in character detective & I'm trying to allow for the fact that this book was first published in 1932 so was groundbreaking for it's time.
But I didn't like the way that a character, who appeared important when she was introduced, completely disappeared. & Fear is given a physical (& fanciful appearance) Didn't work for me & I found the resolution both unsatisfying and over the top.
I have another couple of White books on my Kindle & I liked this book well enough that I will read them in the future.
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