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A review by coops456
The Comfort of Saturdays by Alexander McCall Smith
3.0
Isabel Dalhousie is asked to help a doctor who has been disgraced by allegations of scientific fraud concerning a newly marketed drug.
This series is gently thought-provoking, Isabel being a philosopher concerned with ethics rather than a detective solely in search of truth and/or justice. This instalment is more of the same. If you liked earlier ones then you'll probably like this one, although it was fairly slow even by the standards of the series.
My main criticisms are 1) that Isabel is written to seem much older than she actually is; and 2) that threads frequently dissolve into nothing - e.g. the character of Nick Smart - or are left drifting across multiple books - e.g. Eddie's sad past/current problems.
However I enjoy Smith's style more than enough to forgive any flaws.
This series is gently thought-provoking, Isabel being a philosopher concerned with ethics rather than a detective solely in search of truth and/or justice. This instalment is more of the same. If you liked earlier ones then you'll probably like this one, although it was fairly slow even by the standards of the series.
My main criticisms are 1) that Isabel is written to seem much older than she actually is; and 2) that threads frequently dissolve into nothing - e.g. the character of Nick Smart - or are left drifting across multiple books - e.g. Eddie's sad past/current problems.
However I enjoy Smith's style more than enough to forgive any flaws.