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Death Comes to Pemberley
by P.D. James
I read this because my dad bought it for me. He thought my mom might like it, but since she reads fiction so rarely (read: never), he wanted to be sure it was something she’d like before he gave it to her.
PD James does a decent job of writing in the same style as Jane Austen, similar vocabulary and syntax choices… She even throws in a few in-jokes for Austen fans at the end of the book. However, I felt like the book had too much style and not enough substance. I like my murder mysteries a little more mysterious… You knew from the start that the real murderer could not be Wickham, the suspected murderer because then how would Darcy prove he was innocent, thus preserving the honor of his wife’s sister’s husband? Meh… I was sort of bored by it… I mean, my mom would like it (mostly because Pride and Prejudice is her most favoritest thing EVER), so I’ll recommend it, but I probably would not have chosen it for myself…
PD James does a decent job of writing in the same style as Jane Austen, similar vocabulary and syntax choices… She even throws in a few in-jokes for Austen fans at the end of the book. However, I felt like the book had too much style and not enough substance. I like my murder mysteries a little more mysterious… You knew from the start that the real murderer could not be Wickham, the suspected murderer because then how would Darcy prove he was innocent, thus preserving the honor of his wife’s sister’s husband? Meh… I was sort of bored by it… I mean, my mom would like it (mostly because Pride and Prejudice is her most favoritest thing EVER), so I’ll recommend it, but I probably would not have chosen it for myself…