Portobello
by:
Ruth Rendell (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099538639 (0099538636)
Publish date: August 13th 2009
Publisher: Arrow
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Mystery,
Drama,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense,
Psychological Thriller
This is more a psychological study than anything else. It almost has a feeling of lacking an overall plot outside of what happens to the interconnected lives of the people. I think it would work better as a television show. Good sense of place, and many of characters do breathe. Just wanted a li...
Not really a mystery, but along those lines. Most of the characters were well drawn (except Gemma, the girlfriend -- she was a bit of a blank to me) and the story was well-paced with some humor.
This was my first Ruth Rendell book and it was OK, but didn't blow me away. I was expecting something a bit more dark and scary and mysterious..
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