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A review by billymac1962
The Crocodile Bird by Ruth Rendell
2.0
At last count Ruth Rendell has written over 40 novels.
As you can well imagine it's a tough job trying to figure out which one to read next. I had decided on Crocodile Bird after seeing an old thread about it in the rec.arts.mystery newsgroup but I'm afraid that particular source has let me down on this one.
The story has an interesting premise: a mother and her daughter are gatehouse residents for a remote country estate. The mother is determined to raise her daughter completely isolated from the evils of society.
Where the past Rendell novels I've read have pulled me along to to the end, I found I was the one pushing forth to get there. It had a hard time keeping my interest, but I kept with it, having faith in Ruthie. I still have faith in her of course, and will definitely read much more of her.
This one didn't quite do it for me though.
As you can well imagine it's a tough job trying to figure out which one to read next. I had decided on Crocodile Bird after seeing an old thread about it in the rec.arts.mystery newsgroup but I'm afraid that particular source has let me down on this one.
The story has an interesting premise: a mother and her daughter are gatehouse residents for a remote country estate. The mother is determined to raise her daughter completely isolated from the evils of society.
Where the past Rendell novels I've read have pulled me along to to the end, I found I was the one pushing forth to get there. It had a hard time keeping my interest, but I kept with it, having faith in Ruthie. I still have faith in her of course, and will definitely read much more of her.
This one didn't quite do it for me though.