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sage01 's review for:
A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
Years ago I used to run across Derek Jacobi's Brother Cadfael on PBS. I don't recall him being quite as cunning or irreverent as he is here, but I like the blend of it in my head. It's soothing. I totally wanted an utterly conventional mystery after the Luminaries. The contrast helps me think about what the Luminaries did well while still satisfying my craving for an actualfax narrative through-line. And, well, Cadfael is comforting. An older, wiser, celibate man who helps young people, sees (and listens to) women as equally valid human beings, and doesn't threaten anyone sexually? And who fights crime?! KEEP CALM & CALL BROTHER CADFAEL! <333
My more critical mind insists on adding: there are some bits of historical inaccuracy that jumped out at me and I'm anything but an expert in the time period, but I didn't and don't care. Also, FTR, these have been on my to-read list for about twenty years. Maybe I should parcel them out slowly...
My more critical mind insists on adding: there are some bits of historical inaccuracy that jumped out at me and I'm anything but an expert in the time period, but I didn't and don't care. Also, FTR, these have been on my to-read list for about twenty years. Maybe I should parcel them out slowly...