The Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey, #7) in Reading the Detectives

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The Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey, #7)

Dorothy L. Sayers

Start date: July 1, 2016

Finish date: July 31, 2016

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Oct 14, 2010 Tracey rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, brilliant-fools, scotland, old-favorite

I mean, I understand why this is a lot of people's least favorite Lord Peter novel. Timetables, a large cast of characters (larger than others in the series? I suppose), the Unnamed Missing Object, impenetrable brogues, etc. Me, I like it. It's not my favorite either - but I like it. I went to art school, I loved painting, I wanted to be an artist, so I love/envy the milieu of the informal artists' colony, a group of men beavering away at their canvases and picking at each other's styles. I am u ...more

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Jun 22, 2016 Judy rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: dorothy-l-sayers-2016-challenge

I've really enjoyed all the other Wimsey mysteries so far on a reread with a 欧宝娱乐 group, but found this one very boring. The suspects are all so similar that it's hard to care whodunit, and I found myself glazing over at the endless details of railway timetables. I also struggled with the Scottish dialect - I think this would have worked better for me if I'd listened to an audiobook. There is some witty dialogue, as always with Sayers, and a few magical Wimsey moments, but overall I found t ...more

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Aug 04, 2017 Teri-K rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery, mystery-golden-age, historical-mystery

I like this entry in the series fairly well. But then I'm the type of person who skims over railroad time tables and other minutiae without feeling guilty. I'm more interested in character and setting. Plus, thanks to a grandmother with a Masters in Art I immediately spotted the missing bit of information that is only revealed late in the book.

Still and all this is not one of Sayers' better books. Apparently she wrote it as a challenge, and all those details bored her as much as they bore the r ...more

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Jan 27, 2011 Jenn Estepp rated it liked it

Shelves: sleuths-and-gumshoes

i think this is the only sayers (mystery) books that i haven't read, although i'm probably going to read "nine tailors" again, since i read it in high school. anyway, i'm glad i saved it. it's not the strongest. needs: more bunter, distinctions betwixt suspects and wit; less repetitive details, time tables and scottish dialect. ...more

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