Candis Flesher-Dodds
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What happened to Elizabeth George-??? Its like she can't figure out what new plot sub plot-or sub sub plot -is the focus of her new novel -This is a mishmash of everything under the sun-that may or may not appeal to her readership----As an intelligent writer -she appears to have given it up to follow the sleaze and trash of the Enquirer to titillate for filthy lucre-Sad-
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Vicki G
I agree with you! I read to escape, and her books lately are no escape. I found the same happened with Martha Grimes and Margaret Maron, they seem to want to add "todays happening" to their fiction which is their right. But my right not to buy and move on to someone who entertains me . I don't even check these writers out in the library. Glad i am not the only one who feels this way.
Mary
It seems to me that as her success has built, she has become bolder and more ambitious in developing several plot lines and weaving them together. Like a complex weaving with many colors and patterns, this may be overwhelming for some readers, who prefer things to be a bit simpler. She is not Hemingway, but she doesn't need to be. When I saw the growing length of her books, I was uncertain whether I would stick with the series, but with each one, my appreciation of her ability to weave all these threads together grows. I find it interesting that you us the words "titillate for filthy lucre." That would never have occurred to me, but we each see things from our own perspective. I personally do not find this book - or any of the rest of them so far - titillating. But maybe that is just me. I am an old woman.
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