Death Comes to Pemberley
P. D. James,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on 12-06-2011
P. D. James,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on 12-06-2011
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780307959850
Publish date: 06-12-2011
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Edition language: English
As a general rule, I don’t use .gifs in my reviews–simply to keep a professional, clean layout that transfers neatly between my blog and GoodReads. But this time, I simply can’t resist.Seriously, though. Don’t let the summary fool you, because it’s not at all what you think it’s going to be. Don’t g...
Mostly a fun, quick read, but I lost interest near the end.
Because of a particularly nasty dental appointment, I found myself with a lot of time to finish P.D. James’ Death Comes to Pemberley, both while sitting in the waiting room, waiting for the novocaine to numb me, waiting for the alginate to set and afterward while moaning in bed from the unexpected p...
First, let's talk about Jane Austen pastiche. You might think that I would like it; after all, I'm the girl who re-reads all 7 novels religiously every year or perhaps two if I'm deep in a Victoriana phase. Who would imagine that girl wouldn't want more Austen, amirite? You'd be wrong. I've come to ...
I was very disappointed in this book. Had P.D. James decided to write a mystery with the Austen characters intact--ie, their entire personalities changed and theirives from the original book re-examined and determined as other than Austen herself intended--I might have enjoyed this book. As it was, ...
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