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bookwoman1967's review against another edition
2.0
I kind of enjoyed the earlier Paton Walsh books that continued the Wimsey/Vane series. This one not so much. It tried too hard to return to the Oxford of [b:Gaudy Night|93575|Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)|Dorothy L. Sayers|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388197565s/93575.jpg|341789]. That's one area where no one should try to replicate Sayers. It also had Peter mouthing atheist (or at least agnostic) sentiment, something I doubt Sayers herself would have appreciated. Finally, and perhaps most tellingly, the mysteries ended up solving themselves. Peter and Harriet were just along for the ride.
applegnreads's review against another edition
3.0
i miss sayers but i'm amazed at how well walsh continues to do with some of my favorite characters.
hoboken's review against another edition
2.0
Disappointed. There's an egregious error re Shrewsbury dons that no one with Paton Walsh's knowledge of the oeuvre should have made, some gimmicky stuff that's left as a loose end, and an unlikely solution to a difficulty. Not ringing true like the first two which were partly written by Sayers.
cassandra67b07's review
4.0
So I got all excited when I saw this on Amazon recommends because I thought it was a new Lord Peter/Harriet novel. I bought it, started reading, and then realized I'd read it 3 years ago.
Oh well.
Still a good book. It takes Harriet and Lord Peter full circle back to Oxford and the world of Sayers’ best book, Gaudy Night.
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The atmosphere in Britain and the university has changed but their love for the life of the mind and each other has not. Bonus for sightings of C.S. Lewis and Tolkien.
Oh well.
Still a good book. It takes Harriet and Lord Peter full circle back to Oxford and the world of Sayers’ best book, Gaudy Night.
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The atmosphere in Britain and the university has changed but their love for the life of the mind and each other has not. Bonus for sightings of C.S. Lewis and Tolkien.
quietdomino's review against another edition
3.0
Took about 1/3 of the book to get over the uncomfortable feeling of reading a non-Dorothy Sayers Dorothy Sayers novel. Then it was a perfectly serviceable college campus mystery with bonus literary references. Recommended for people taking plane rides with semi-needy five year olds.
swarnak84's review against another edition
2.0
Alas Paton Walsh recycles all of Sayers’ plots to create this work. Whilst it is pleasant to be back in Oxford, this book fails to capture Harriet’s complex relationship with her Alma Mater that Gaudy Night does so well.
eastofthesunwestofthemoon's review against another edition
3.0
It's decent as a mystery - I just feel like the series is deviating further from the Lord Peter we knew and loved the more books I read in it.
ajitate's review against another edition
5.0
Sorry to finish this as it's the last one. Paton walsh has done a superb job not only replicating Sayers' characters but giving them extended life... To the age of sixty for Peter Wimsey, to be precise, and to the year 1954. On top of that, her mysteries are nicely complex and well tied up.
I am now planning to read Paton Walsh's own detective novels (only another four thereof!) which is a pretty good compensation. I know I will be in good hands.
I am now planning to read Paton Walsh's own detective novels (only another four thereof!) which is a pretty good compensation. I know I will be in good hands.
meganstreb's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this, and it is very much in keeping with the Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy L Sayers. There were an awful lot of characters to keep track of, but perhaps that was just me not paying quite enough attention.