tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post4975074007761016568..comments2024-03-11T00:52:06.529+10:30Comments on MYSTERIES in PARADISE: THE DELICATE STORM, Giles BluntKerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-5472376463052408002008-01-29T06:47:00.000+10:302008-01-29T06:47:00.000+10:30I found the most recent one very sad, given that w...I found the most recent one very sad, given that we had come to know that character's struggle so well. And the villain was just so creepy, both as a person and the whole set-up of how and why he came to do that awful deed.<BR/><BR/>At the same time, I feel that the books have come to be written more carelessly now. The author does not seem to put in as much effort as he did with the first one or two. I wonder if this is the beginning of "big author syndrome" (ie Patterson, Kellerman et al)? Time will tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-80394542801443777822008-01-27T08:39:00.000+10:302008-01-27T08:39:00.000+10:30I have read the the first FORTY WORDS FOR SORROW, ...I have read the the first FORTY WORDS FOR SORROW, and rather disconcertingly, the last in which Cardinal is dealt such a cruel blow. The only one I have not read is BLACK FLY SEASON and I still want to read that. I thnk perhaps in THE DELICATE STORM I was really affected by all the background information, and what ended up being a very complicated plot. I didn't like the way it ended.Kerrie Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00566566401678723079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-58074672472946372802008-01-27T04:31:00.000+10:302008-01-27T04:31:00.000+10:30Sorry you didn't enjoy this as much as you'd hoped...Sorry you didn't enjoy this as much as you'd hoped. I like the series -- but I think the first one is the best. Have you read that one? If not, this might have affected your enjoyment of the second, because the characters are established in the first book and I think (sorry, memory not that great) that quite a bit of foundation is laid in that book for what happens in subsequent titles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com