Wednesday reading — unforeseen consequences

[mayhap]

What I've been reading

I read Penhallow, which was a distinct departure from all the other Georgette Heyer mysteries I've been reading. Apparently it served to end a contract with a publisher that Heyer was not finding congenial, and it seems that a lot of readers hate it. I actually quite liked it, even though it's in a much grimmer, more scathing vein. It also frustrates expectations by ultimately not even being a proper inverted detective story—the readers know who the murderer is, but the police never figure it out.

I read Fuzzy Mud, Louis Sachar's new book. It's a fun, relatively short and straightforward middle grade thriller. Personally, I thought the bridge games in The Cardturner were more exciting, but I'm weird. And I love that book.

I read The Dark Forest, the sequel to the (now Hugo-award winning!) Three-Body Problem. It definitely feels like a middle book in a trilogy, especially with all time skips, and it's maybe overly long, but I kind of liked that. The first book set up a situation that was going to take centuries to resolve. I am definitely looking forward to the third book.

Comments

[thistleingrey]

I remember half-liking Penhallow. It takes an undue amount of time to reach its point, but I appreciate the point (that the police doesn't reach)....

[mayhap]

Yeah, I think it's effective as more than just a contract breaker, although apparently it was effective at that, too.

I felt a bit bad for the police when they finally showed up. They had no hope of getting to the bottom of things.