Ok Mari...what do you think?
WHO DUN IT? WHY? HOW?Follow the DIRECTIONS to join in  For THE BRUTAL TELLING Break Your Guesses in this way: Part I chapters 1-10 Chaps 11-18, Chaps 19-26, Chaps 27-35, Chap 36-end. |
SATURDAY Oct 17th WHO DUN IT: The Brutal Telling, Louise Penny |
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BORDERLANDS Part 3 Chap 13 thru END SPOILERS
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05/10/09 03:28 PM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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Reading: Stone's Fall by Iain Pears; about to start Enchantress of Florence
Finished: The Colour, R Tremain, Scaredy Cat, Bellingham In the Woods by Tara French |
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irishonstars |
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05/11/09 03:58 PM |
More than half way through I was thinking it was Angela's SISTER of all people! LOL. (Was her name Christine - The one
with the baby?) Here's a few things that led me to that belief. 1) Perhaps Sister Jealousy? While Angela seemed to be having the time of her life with
boyfriends, partying, etc., Christine was "saddled" with a baby at a very young age. 2) Somewhere I think I remember it being written that Angela
was her father's favorite even though she was not his. (Did I miss the mention of who Angela's father was? I would have liked to have known.) 3) The
author kept mentioning that Angela's body could have definitely been laid out by a woman because of the washing of the body and the fact that her underwear
was put back on her as if to preserve some dignity. I did pay some attention to Yvonne, but not enough to suspect her as the murderer. And to tell the truth,
I really didn't pay much attention to the character
of Harvey at all. What a surprise! I really enjoyed this book mostly because it was a fast read, yet I didn't feel rushed into the climax and conclusion
as are so many of the newer mysteries I read. I would definitely read another by McGilloway.
MAR!
"A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its
back on you and remains a friend." ~Author Unknown
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05/14/09 05:26 PM BCC BookieMonster |
At least it was a fast read. I didn't care for Inspector Devlin. For some reason, which may be no more than being an Irish police officer, he reminded me
of Rob from In the Woods. Not fair, I know. Aside from that, the characters felt flat to me. I didn't really care about any of them nor did I care if the
murder was ever solved. My apologies to those who loved this book!
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05/17/09 01:55 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
Barely into this section -- about 20 pages -- and now I'm just seriously confused! I feel like I need to go back and re-read half the book to understand
all these connections.
Karen
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. - Anna Quindlen |
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someonegetchristine |
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05/19/09 11:26 PM BCC BookieMonster |
I'd sort of worked out that Yvonne was caught up in all of this along with the senior Powell but difficult to make all the links between Donaghey, Cashell, Costello etc.and only as the facts were slowly revealed did it make some sort of sense to me. That is one problem with police procedurals, while the murderer may be identified early on in a story, the WHY is only gradually revealed as the plotting is unraveled. I wasn't convinced she was the actual murderer though until the end, it could have been anyone up until that point. I had Costello in my sights for a while, due to his improper behaviour and the deal he made with Mary. Shame Emma got killed in the end though. I would have liked a small map of the area, would have helped. |
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05/20/09 12:53 PM |
Well, I guessed Harvey was the bad guy. Cemeted for me when he walked into the Finn home and Williams was watching from outside. Is there no calling for
backup? as he could have been dead if Williams hadn't shown up. (I could be remembering the end incorrectly.) As it was I kind of didn't care who had
done it or why as it was too much. Too many characters, too many story lines. Didn't really "buy" it as a whole.
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BCCJillster |
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05/21/09 08:58 AM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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well, I have mixed feelings about this one. I came to enjoy Devlin but I can't say I enjoyed the book overall. Although it was needlessly contrived to be
complex, it didn't answer some basic questions, like why the heck they left that expensive ring on Anglea instead of just the photo, which sufficed for the
others. Or who Angela's father was or why they didn't just ask her mother.
There was something about the description of the cheek-to-cheek photo of Yvonne and Angela that raised suspicion for me, even though people almost have to be that close in those small photo booths. And the tie to Powell was as much hoping as guessing. But WHAT THE HECK happened at the end???? Was the suggestion that Costello was responsible for hiring Ratzy to kill Mary after all???? I know he paid for the neighbor to take the kids to the orphanage, but that could have been out of concern and guilt over the affair too. So...who did dun it?
Reading: Borderlands
Finished: Losing Mum & Pup, C. Buckley; Stone's Fall by Iain Pears In the Woods by Tara French |
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05/21/09 11:55 AM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
I think Costello dun it. But that would be just wrong because he is still in the second book of this series.
And what happened to my earlier post? It's not here and I don't remember what I said...
Karen
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. - Anna Quindlen |
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BCCJillster |
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05/21/09 12:25 PM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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Now you see it, now you don't, now you see it?
Reading: Borderlands
Finished: Losing Mum & Pup, C. Buckley; Stone's Fall by Iain Pears In the Woods by Tara French |
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05/21/09 04:14 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
Yes, now I see it.
Apparently the rest of you thought it was important to know who Angela's father was and I didn't. Why is that?
Karen
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. - Anna Quindlen |
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BCCJillster |
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05/21/09 06:15 PM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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As it turned out it didn't matter Karen, but he raised it as the first issue/red herring. He owed us a resolution or some mention of it later, even if they
didn't find out; just seems like a simple mystery 101. Of course, he probably seeded the thought in there because it would turn out to be the father of
Yvonne who mattered.
Reading: Borderlands
Finished: Losing Mum & Pup, C. Buckley; Stone's Fall by Iain Pears In the Woods by Tara French |
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05/21/09 06:23 PM BCC BookieMonster |
I thought Angela's actual father might have been important to understand why she was murdered. As it turned out she was murdered because of who her father
was and who he worked for. In my opinion it would have been more understandable if the actual baddie had been murdered, not some innocent girl. This book
lacked emotion. Perhaps that is because it was a police procedural in which case that type of book is simply not for me.
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05/21/09 06:39 PM BCC BookieMonster |
Irish - you're not alone - I thought it may have been her, she was so hostile and suspicious in appearance when Devlin first visited them. There were too many things going on in this book to keep hold of and try to place them Something that jarred, with me, because it seemed so stupid, was the description of Stg Caroline Williams when she first came on the scene '6ft baton-weilding rocker' if you please, being beaten nightly by her husband AND her experience in the force has been working on sexual abuse cases ?????? How demeaning, a tall, strong powerful lady-cop being bullied and demeaned by her male partner. I mean really…come on….pull the other leg, lol. |
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05/21/09 08:21 PM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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ROFLMAO, you're so right Chris; I'd forgotten that, maybe because I was having trouble even turning the pages early on.
Reading: Borderlands
Finished: Losing Mum & Pup, C. Buckley; Stone's Fall by Iain Pears In the Woods by Tara French |
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05/24/09 07:51 PM |
Finally figured out Yvonne as the daughter/suspect, but I think pulling in Harvey was a cheap trick at the end. Not enough interaction, not enough clues.
Also found it hard to like anyone other than Deb Devlin in the book, and she wasn't really IN the book, just a side character. If this is a first book in a "devlin" series, the author 1) has to make his leading man more likable and 2) has to stop him from getting hurt so much. I got tired of it!
kathy
Reading The Spirit Woman by Margaret Coel and The Longest Trip Home by John Grogan and listening to Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow |
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05/29/09 05:11 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
Looking at all the comments, I realize I barely remember the book at all. I guess I liked it less than I thought! Or, maybe I got mixed up with something else?
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me" - CS Lewis
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05/30/09 10:00 AM |
I didn't figure this out at all. there were so many suspects, except for the kids of Mary. I thought of Harvey earlier, but then he barely
made an appearance in the middle section that I forgot about him. I guess that was the plan.
Killing the children of the people involved in the murder of their mother was pretty horrific. I guess they thought through how much more painful it would be. I think this is the first procedural mystery that I have read. This is considered a procedural right?
Mary
Reading: Borderline, Julie and Romeo get Lucky, Maisie Dobbs |
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