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A review by jakewritesbooks
Prime Suspect by Lynda La Plante
3.0
I didn't know until after I finished this that the book itself was a re-written teleplay from the show. Had I known that, I probably would have held off on reading it for awhile because you can see the proverbial glue and scotch tape that held this together and it's not pretty.
I appreciated the female detective navigating layers of patriarchy to try and solve the case. I thought that was done well (and I look forward to seeing it done well on screen some day by the great Helen Mirren) but the plotting is clunky and the mood never really settles. The mystery is interesting enough but the whole time, I was kind of wondering what this would look like on the big screen. Now I know why I felt that way. Not bad but not what I expected.
I appreciated the female detective navigating layers of patriarchy to try and solve the case. I thought that was done well (and I look forward to seeing it done well on screen some day by the great Helen Mirren) but the plotting is clunky and the mood never really settles. The mystery is interesting enough but the whole time, I was kind of wondering what this would look like on the big screen. Now I know why I felt that way. Not bad but not what I expected.