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For a long time I really liked Elizabeth George but eventually her plots became....more taxing than I was willing to read....kind of bizarre. This one was the first I ever read and I really liked it; this time, much less so. It can be quite inevitable that some American writes, writing about England or the UK make some glaring errors that constantly irritate and this is one.The issue of 'upper class' titles is one that always seems to cause confusion; throughout the series, Helen is inevitably r...
(#5 in the Lynley-Havers Series)Elizabeth George does it again. A bunch of mini-stories rolled up into one. Elena is murdered. Lynley and Havers are brought in to investigate bringing in personal problems of their own. Helen is in Cambridge helping her sister (Penelope) take care of her kids. Lynley is trying to win Helen over. Havers is desperately trying not to feel guilty about having to put her mom in a home and she is doing everything she can to delay it. George does a wonderful job giving
This has been my least favorite of the series so far. In fact, I would go so far as to say it was almost a deal breaker for me. If the following book in the series is more like this that the earlier books I am afraid I will not be back for the next. There was way to much psychologizing and development of things that didn't relate to the mystery. I found myself often bored. The mystery itself was to easy to figure out, plus motive was implausible. Despite all the time spent developing characters
Elizabeth George is so compulsively readable, but this took a while to get going, and there were so many horrible men in unhappy marriages I started to get them confused. I wish, since this was set at a university, there had been more of a dark academia tone ala Elizabeth George rather than miserable families everywhere. The important thing to note, though, is that Havers is back, and she’s the best.
This is, without question, the best of the Inspector Lynley series so far, for several reasons. All of George's books that I've read so far have been immensely enjoyable, but this one went above and beyond for me as a reader. Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers BOTH experienced important character growth, something we haven't really seen since the first book in the series. They have finally reached a point where they allow themselves to be honest and vulnerable with one another, particularly in Bar...
I enjoy this series. To me I feel that they are a light fluffy read. Some or better than others, but I feel like they just don't have enough action for me. Others will probably feel differently because I love my suspense more than a mystery. I have to say the ending of her series always gives a curve ball and there is always action there. Now I have to say that even though I do not feel that there is not enough action, I really do enjoy them. Elizabeth George does so well on her characterization...
Elizabeth George dubs her genre “literary mystery”. “For The Sake Of Elena”, 1992, observes viewpoints of life in spades: jazz, painting, and one’s art as a lifeline. We poignantly meet Helen’s post-partum depressed sister, Penelope, who worked at an art gallery. She reveals feeling like a baby machine, until there is no self or partnership. Her husband can’t handle their harried home, no matter how much help Penelope and the children need. We cheer when Thomas interests Penelope in a case and s...
Wow. I really really liked this one a lot. I have to say that George did a masterful job of peeling off the layers of who murdered Elena Weaver as well as how Lynley has been selfish in his pursuit of Lady Helen. We also get a great look at Havers home life now that her father has passed. Havers struggles with whether she can keep having a neighbor watch her mother or finally have her mother at a home where she can be safe, and Havers can have some sort of life."For the Sake of Elena" has Scotla...
The plot is thus: Elena Weaver, a student of English at Cambridge, gets her face smashed in while out for her morning run. Scotland Yard is called in because of blah blah plot contrivance blah. Anyway, Elena was deaf, and this is a MAJOR DEAL TO LIKE, EVERYONE SHE KNEW. Her parents wouldn’t let her learn how to sign until she was in her teens because they wanted her to live a “normal” life, her friend from the campus Deaf Student Group gave her shit because she didn’t embrace Deaf culture as who...
Another well-written murder mystery, even if the motive revealed at the end is fraught with melodrama. At first I was indignant, certain the author had cheated me, but after re-reading an earlier chapter (I bet every reader will go back and revisit this chapter) I acknowledged an acceptable bit of cleverness.The book is rather depressing, as it's full of people making themselves unhappy for various reasons. It's especially cynical about love and marriage, even as Lynley desperately pursues Helen...
Fifth in the Inspector Lynley detective mystery series set in modern-day England and revolving around Tommy Lynley, eighth Earl of Asherton, and his Scotland Yard partner, Barbara Havers.My TakeIt all comes down to love of one's craft, love for another, but mostly, love for one's self and how it affects everyone around us. It's a hard lesson for Tommy to absorb and one every man needs to understand. And every woman must comprehend because of its truth. George made a comment about love being abou...
AROUND THE WORLD OF CRIME AND MYSTERYCAST - 4: Elena Weaver is a fascinating young lady. She is deaf, but doesn't fit in with other deaf students at her college, St. Stephans. Her family is a mess: father/Professor Anthony Weaver has great ambitions; step-mother Justine may or may not care about Elena; and Glyn, Elena's mother, certainly has questionable motives. Gareth Randolph is also deaf, a student at St. Stephens also, and Elana's tutor. But what kind of relationship does Elena/Gareth reall...
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I read this years ago. I gave it four stars but on re reading I fear the years must have done something to my powers of understanding. I’m useless at crosswords and this book seemed like a very cryptic one. The crime itself appears to have become become incidental to the introspections of the love lorn Inspector Lynley. Dear Barbara Havers.. her problems were at least understandable. The thing is that in my younger days surrounded by squalling Children I may have been just a tiny little bit in l...
I finally managed to get back to reading the next Elizabeth George book in her Inspector Lynley series after the huge block that hit me after reading the previous book, “A Suitable Vengeance”. The reading block was because I’m not fond of mid-series books that provide me with character background all in one go. I prefer my authors to build up the characters slowly, but surely, through each of the books in the series. Anyway, “A Suitable Vengeance” was painful to finish and it’s taken me this lon...