I think that To Say Nothing of the Dog is one of the most humorous books I've read in a long time. All of the human characters were just great, and so was the cat, to say nothing of the dog! Cyril (the dog) was just priceless! It took me a long time to read this book, but I'm not sure why--I spen...
There is a point early in this book where the flowery language and elliptic monologues of two of the main characters almost made me stop reading this book. I gave it five more pages, and am so glad I did. Just a great book, a period mysterty with so much wonderful period detail, all with Willis' fab...
The time travel system in this book is amazing. I have so many thoughts on it I don't want to spoil anything in this review. All I will say is that it's well written, very engaging and often very funny. Not to mention raising very interesting issues about chaos theory and time travel and free will....
British farce meets Doctor Who...This one was a ton of fun. You just know that if time travel really does get developed, some rich society dame is going to use it for a completely frivolous purpose, like Lady Schrapnell (love the name) in this book. And the poor shmoes who have to satisfy their whim...
As you might have guessed from the name of this book, it was written as an homage to [b:Three Men in a Boat|4921|Three Men in a Boat|Jerome K. Jerome|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347518006s/4921.jpg|4476508] by [a:Jerome K. Jerome|3352|Jerome K. Jerome|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1335971515p2/33...
This is the third Connie Willis I've read, and I was a little leery. While I really enjoyed Passage, Lincoln's Dreams was pretty much the same book, written earlier, and less well. So I was a little worried about her recycling plots. And maybe she does, but this book has very little in common with e...
Ned Henry jest podróżnikiem w czasie. Jego zleceniodawczyni, niezwykle apodyktyczna Lady Schrapnell, wysyła historyków w różne miejsca w czasie w poszukiwaniu strusiej nogi biskupa. Ned odbywa tyle skoków w czasie, że zapada na chorobę typową dla tego zawodu zwaną dyschronią. Najlepszym lekarstwem n...
Good-natured comedy of errors, with characters who are easy to like. To Say Nothing of the Dog is an amusing read, gently mocking the conventions of the Victorian era where most of the action is set. There's also many allusions to Victorian writers and poets and to 30s crime fiction, which I enjoyed...
A very fun book, with a lot of loving fun being poked at cozy mysteries and Victorian sensibilities. The repetition of various gags and character foibles grew a little tiresome, but overall a light and enjoyable read.
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