Happyreader's review
Strong Poison
by Dorothy L. Sayers
If you liked Harriet Vane in this, you will just love Have His Carcase, which is next (it's my favorite Sayers). I didn't read them in order, so Strong Poison disappointed me ... I wanted more Harriet! I liked it much better on a second read, however, after exploring more of the series and developing a better understanding of Peter as a character.
I was definately left wanting more and was thinking I would read the next book soon -- but there are so many other books I want to read too so who knows when that will happen. Good to know the series only gets better.
Happyreader's review
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Happyreader's review
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classics,
fiction
Very 1930s British. Droll and eccentric. Loved Lord Wimsey and loved Miss Climpson and Miss Murchison. Harriet Vane only gets to be witty and uncompromising while awaiting her fate but I assume she gets promoted to a more active role in the subsequent two books. Carolyn Heilbrun talks about how unattractive Dorothy Sayers was which makes the harsh physical descriptions of the women in the "Cattery" seem cruel. Then you realize that the women may be physically unattractive but they're highly intelligent and resourceful and get to perform the most interesting sleuthing duties. Kind of a Charlie's Angels for the unbuff and unbotoxed.
If you liked Harriet Vane in this, you will just love Have His Carcase, which is next (it's my favorite Sayers). I didn't read them in order, so Strong Poison disappointed me ... I wanted more Harriet! I liked it much better on a second read, however, after exploring more of the series and developing a better understanding of Peter as a character.
I was definately left wanting more and was thinking I would read the next book soon -- but there are so many other books I want to read too so who knows when that will happen. Good to know the series only gets better.