9780330450799
Category Name : Fiction
Author Name : Dissolution (Shardlake)
Publisher Name : Plenty of people have compared this book to Eco's Name of the Rose, which is a little unfair (rather in the way every single fantasy book is somehow related back to JRRTolkien)as that sets some pretty big boots to fill! The parallells are sometimes very strong- no spoilers- but this is a very different book, and for me lacks the intensity, originality and dazzling plot of the former. But enough about Eco! This is a well written and capable story, the characters are simply sketched and develop with the plot. Everything is carefully set up and Sansom is someone who knows his stuff. It reads just like what its meant to be: a report by a careful and officious clerk, though I think it looses dramatic potential for it at times. The ending is rather too neat and predictable, and I find the lead characters agnosticism and postmodernism rather garishly anachronistic. It ticks all the boxes, but won't upset any apple-carts. Perfect for a winters reading by ther fire.....
Minimum Price : £ 4.69
Category Name : Fiction
Author Name : Dissolution (Shardlake)
Publisher Name : Plenty of people have compared this book to Eco's Name of the Rose, which is a little unfair (rather in the way every single fantasy book is somehow related back to JRRTolkien)as that sets some pretty big boots to fill! The parallells are sometimes very strong- no spoilers- but this is a very different book, and for me lacks the intensity, originality and dazzling plot of the former. But enough about Eco! This is a well written and capable story, the characters are simply sketched and develop with the plot. Everything is carefully set up and Sansom is someone who knows his stuff. It reads just like what its meant to be: a report by a careful and officious clerk, though I think it looses dramatic potential for it at times. The ending is rather too neat and predictable, and I find the lead characters agnosticism and postmodernism rather garishly anachronistic. It ticks all the boxes, but won't upset any apple-carts. Perfect for a winters reading by ther fire.....
Minimum Price : £ 4.69
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