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A review by jessmanners
A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill
3.0
Maybe 3.5? This ended up leaning more towards historical fiction than mystery--the actual investigation all feels pretty MacGuffin-y--but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
I don't know if I prefer historical fiction about topics I'm really familiar with (then I get annoyed when it feels like the author is overstating the obvious, or, even worse, when they get things wrong), or about topics I know literally nothing about (the problem then is that I can't tell what's supposed to be significant ("ho ho! that historical figure has just appeared! I know what THAT means!") or what's, well, what's fiction and what's historical.
This was firmly in the second camp. I know nothing about Australia or its history, and was only able to hold on because of my loose knowledge of the 1930s and fascism in very general terms.
So, I may very well have missed lots of nuances or telling references, but this was a pleasant enough thing to listen to. I liked the central characters, and could keep them distinct in my mind, which is more than I can say for...well, basically any other character.
This is a series, I guess? I might go back to it. She seems to have exhausted this particular historical train of thought, so maybe the next one will be more mystery-heavy?
I don't know if I prefer historical fiction about topics I'm really familiar with (then I get annoyed when it feels like the author is overstating the obvious, or, even worse, when they get things wrong), or about topics I know literally nothing about (the problem then is that I can't tell what's supposed to be significant ("ho ho! that historical figure has just appeared! I know what THAT means!") or what's, well, what's fiction and what's historical.
This was firmly in the second camp. I know nothing about Australia or its history, and was only able to hold on because of my loose knowledge of the 1930s and fascism in very general terms.
So, I may very well have missed lots of nuances or telling references, but this was a pleasant enough thing to listen to. I liked the central characters, and could keep them distinct in my mind, which is more than I can say for...well, basically any other character.
This is a series, I guess? I might go back to it. She seems to have exhausted this particular historical train of thought, so maybe the next one will be more mystery-heavy?