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A review by aziraphale2000
Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
4.0
After reading about the monastic medieval world in "A Morbid Taste for a ones," the plague-ridden horrors of the travelers in "Company of Liars" was quite a contrast.
Complaints. Some of the characters held anachronistic, I feel, views about the relationship between man and church, homosexuality, and incest. I felt the plot drag a bit toward the penultimate battle between our narrator and his final foe. It was also annoying to hear the author lecture us through her characters a few times.
These complaints, though, are really minor. I enjoyed this macabre journey through Maitland's meticulously researched medieval England.
Complaints. Some of the characters held anachronistic, I feel, views about the relationship between man and church, homosexuality, and incest. I felt the plot drag a bit toward the penultimate battle between our narrator and his final foe. It was also annoying to hear the author lecture us through her characters a few times.
These complaints, though, are really minor. I enjoyed this macabre journey through Maitland's meticulously researched medieval England.