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A review by heathercawte
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
1.0
This was a sad disappointment to me. I love Austen, and usually I love PD James' work, but this combination just doesn't work.
PDJ tries too hard to sound like Austen, and shoehorns in mentions of Austen characters from books other than 'Pride and Prejudice' in a way that just irritates me. It feels almost as though she is saying to the reader, 'Look! I have read her other books, too!'
This is neither good Austen, nor good PDJ. It's not witty. It doesn't keep the reader's attention. The story moves with glacier slowness, and the ending is overly complex and contrived. As a crime novel, it withholds too much information for the reader to have any chance of solving the mystery.
Don't waste your time and money.
PDJ tries too hard to sound like Austen, and shoehorns in mentions of Austen characters from books other than 'Pride and Prejudice' in a way that just irritates me. It feels almost as though she is saying to the reader, 'Look! I have read her other books, too!'
This is neither good Austen, nor good PDJ. It's not witty. It doesn't keep the reader's attention. The story moves with glacier slowness, and the ending is overly complex and contrived. As a crime novel, it withholds too much information for the reader to have any chance of solving the mystery.
Don't waste your time and money.