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A review by arachan
The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This is part of my attempt to (re)read the Lord Peter Wimsey books. I find Sayers a very talented, observant writer but this really does not read like a murder mystery. It feels disingenious to call it a murder mystery at all.
There is a dead body, there is a mystery around how the dead body came to be a body in the place that the body was. But it's not the focus of the book. The focus of the book is a love letter to a small town Anglican priest and the small village life right on the cusp of the Second World War.
I found the explanations of bell-ringing and the snapshots of deeply traditional people and a very specific moment in time. All of that was beautiful but it made the 'mystery' much less compelling than the story of the church and the bells.
There is a dead body, there is a mystery around how the dead body came to be a body in the place that the body was. But it's not the focus of the book. The focus of the book is a love letter to a small town Anglican priest and the small village life right on the cusp of the Second World War.
I found the explanations of bell-ringing and the snapshots of deeply traditional people and a very specific moment in time. All of that was beautiful but it made the 'mystery' much less compelling than the story of the church and the bells.