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Dreaming of the Bones

Deborah Crombie

4.5

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The strongest yet. A wonderfully nuanced story weaving mystery and misery with grief and growth.

Mourn Not Your Dead

Deborah Crombie

4.5

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Book four in the series and the best yet. Nuanced characterisation, and nice blend of focus on both the murder investigation the interpersonal mysteries.

Leave the Grave Green

Deborah Crombie

4.25

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was an interesting addition to the series. It felt like the author had decided to write a murder mystery with Agatha Troy as a suspect.

Twisted Genius

Patricia Rice

3.5

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

A 'wrap it all up' finale to the series that I just couldn't get into, ueven like several of the others

Extinct Languages

Johannes Friedrich

3.75

informative medium-paced

Some interesting information, but very dated and delivered in a pedantic and unappealing style

Einstein: His Life and Universe

Walter Isaacson

4.5

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Balanced and informative, an enjoyable biography that must have posed significant challenges to write. Isaacson suceeded in maknig sure that the passages dealing with physics where put simply enough for many reaers with no knowledge of the field (me!) to at least pretend they could understand most of it, and avoided excessive hagiography in the actually biographical passages.