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Pirate King (2011)

by Laurie R. King(Favorite Author)

3.4 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0553807986 (ISBN13: 9780553807981)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Bantam

series

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

review 1: Definitely the weakest of this series thus far, unfortunately. There are so many elements that should have made this book great: Gilbert and Sullivan, the roaring 20s, silent movies... Sherlock Holmes! However, I was rather surprised to find myself utterly bored by the first half, and entertained by the second half but ultimately disappointed by the lack of a good mystery. Hopefully the next book in the series will return to the quality of the previous books!
review 2: A pretty slow starter, or at least it seemed so to me. Perhaps there were a bunch of details I was supposed to "catch" but didn't. Still, I expected more, as I tend to be fond of the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes series. Or perhaps Laurie King is getting a bit bored with it all. Certainly she dre... moreamed up a complicated, if not overly complicated, premise: to wit--a story about making a film about making a (silent) film about the Pirates of Penzance, on location in black and white. Sheesh. less

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