ashleylm's review against another edition
4.0
Another winner. There's a certain sameness to many of the stories, although it's currently a comforting sameness, I think, but I can see (given the sheer number of volumes yet to come) that it could easily slip into annoying sameness (is Claude going to attempt to romance every female associate? I suppose so).
Still, I continue to marvel at how enjoyable the authorial tone is, given these stories, I'm told, began as TV episodes. If you novelize TV episodes, I'd expect a lot of dialogue and description, but instead, most of the good stuff here is what's going on in Rumpole's head. Perhaps the TV show employs a lot of voiceover? I'll have to find out.
Anyway, this is my current favourite bedtime reading. Better than hot cocoa (or Chateau de Thames Embankment).
(5* = amazing, terrific book, one of my all-time favourites, 4* = very good book, 3* = good book, but nothing to particularly rave about, 2* = disappointing book, and 1* = awful, just awful. As a statistician I feel like I should mostly read 3s, but of course I am biased in my selection and pick books I think I'll like, so mostly read 4s!)
Still, I continue to marvel at how enjoyable the authorial tone is, given these stories, I'm told, began as TV episodes. If you novelize TV episodes, I'd expect a lot of dialogue and description, but instead, most of the good stuff here is what's going on in Rumpole's head. Perhaps the TV show employs a lot of voiceover? I'll have to find out.
Anyway, this is my current favourite bedtime reading. Better than hot cocoa (or Chateau de Thames Embankment).
(5* = amazing, terrific book, one of my all-time favourites, 4* = very good book, 3* = good book, but nothing to particularly rave about, 2* = disappointing book, and 1* = awful, just awful. As a statistician I feel like I should mostly read 3s, but of course I am biased in my selection and pick books I think I'll like, so mostly read 4s!)
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