The Moonstone in Around the World in 80 Books

Jun 07, 2014 Pam rated it it was ok · review of another edition

AUTHOR: Collins, Wilkie
TITLE: The Moonstone
DATE READ: 05/31 (DNF)
RATING: 2/DNF
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS: Fiction/1868/Wordsworth/100pgs out of 434
SERIES/STAND-ALONE: S/A
TIME/PLACE: 1860's UK
CHARACTERS: Franklin Blake nephew to Lady V erinder -- inherited the moonstone from his uncle (Lady Verinder's estranged brother).

FIRST LINES: "In the first part of Robinson Crusoe, at page 129, you will find it thus written: 'Now I saw, though too late, the Folly of beginning a Work before we count ...more

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Dec 03, 2013 Astrid Lim rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classic, thriller-mystery, british

This is a classic mystery, involving the lost mysterious diamond, Hindoo people and their rituals, love triangle, aristocratic family... It's a pretty long book, but it's told from multiple point of views, making it more interesting with lots of juicy details. I especially like the part with the old buttler, Betteredge as the narrator. The ending is a bit predictable, but I can say that I enjoyed this book quite much :) ...more

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Jun 10, 2010 Suvi rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1800s, novels, crime-mystery, _book-shelf, _great-britain, _asia, _to-reread

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Sep 24, 2013 Patrick rated it liked it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book took longer to read than any book I've ever read. I've learned to allow myself to read multiple books at the same time because of this book. That I'm very thankful for. I can't say exactly what made this read so heavy; some of it was the old-school English, some was the thoughtful detail of every moment, some of it could have been the sheer amount of words on a page, some may have been the simplistic minds of a narrator or two; but it wasn't that I didn't enjoy it. On one hand I though ...more

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Oct 30, 2008 SarahC rated it really liked it

Shelves: spring2010

I just finished a re-read of The Moonstone for a classics group and enjoyed it much more than my previous time reading it. Collins' writing has so many positives that even the parts that I may not like so much don't detract from the novel. I don't feel his approach or his way with characterization is quite as good as other writers of the period. But this lengthy, detail-packed early detective novel is worth a try. It is an interesting tale of mysterious theft at an English country estate, involv ...more

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