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A review by bill_wehrmacher
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
3.0
This is an excellent story with really interesting characters; some to love, others to hate. Both emotions are easy to feel for the respective characters.
By the end of the book, I came to like Brother Cadfael, but he was not immediately as likable as Ellis Peters intended.
I found the book difficult to read on two accounts. 1st, it was written with language I recognized from Mysteries of Udolpho and other books written in the same era. While, I suppose Peters did this to add texture to the story, I found it difficult to wade through. Second being a small paper back with very small type, and the physical construction of the book made holding the book open such as to not break the spine. If it had not been a library book, I would simply have let the spine fend for itself.
This is the first of a series featuring Brother Cadfael and I have ever expectation of reading another.
By the end of the book, I came to like Brother Cadfael, but he was not immediately as likable as Ellis Peters intended.
I found the book difficult to read on two accounts. 1st, it was written with language I recognized from Mysteries of Udolpho and other books written in the same era. While, I suppose Peters did this to add texture to the story, I found it difficult to wade through. Second being a small paper back with very small type, and the physical construction of the book made holding the book open such as to not break the spine. If it had not been a library book, I would simply have let the spine fend for itself.
This is the first of a series featuring Brother Cadfael and I have ever expectation of reading another.