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A review by misfitmoxie
With No One as Witness by Elizabeth George
3.0
I found this volume in the series to be an odd one. There was so much going on all over the place, and while complexity can be interesting it can also be overwhelming. As always, I was driven by the reoccurring characters and their interactions and lives, but the killings themselves were so intense, or rather the stress of them on the characters was so intense that the story was frustrating at times. I'm glad I read it, but there was nothing "nice" about it.
Also, I usually come away from George's books learning something. This time I come away with a feeling of loss and a general dissatisfaction with where society has gotten to... and a sense of the bleakness and futility of everything. Not a "lesson" I really needed.
However, the meaning and devotion of friendship, the grace of family, were really well expressed through those wonderful characters George has created (of whom I can't get enough, it seems).
Also, I usually come away from George's books learning something. This time I come away with a feeling of loss and a general dissatisfaction with where society has gotten to... and a sense of the bleakness and futility of everything. Not a "lesson" I really needed.
However, the meaning and devotion of friendship, the grace of family, were really well expressed through those wonderful characters George has created (of whom I can't get enough, it seems).