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A review by lisab1991
Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood
3.0
Up until chapter six or so I liked this book a lot better than Cocaine Blues. The pacing was different and all-in-all the cases seemed a lot more interesting. As a Dutchie I found it very nice to see a touch of Dutch former glory being incorporated in this book: the Fokker airplane (not sure if Fokker was still operating in Germany in the late 20s, by the way), with Anthony Fokker being a Dutchman and Fokker a Dutch brand.
This changed abruptly when I learned what the murder victim had done to his daughter. An insecure daughter, mistreated and molested, who had found love with an Italian artist whom her father -on top of it all- forbade her to marry. Then, it rapidly spiraled further downwards when Phryne decided to sleep with said Italian artist, her new friend’s fiancé, without any second guessing or feelings of regret! He even says to Phryne that he is glad they had s*x then, because he had sworn to “denounce [such] delights” once he’d marry his betrothed..
I knew Phryne isn’t a saint and that she has her way with lots of men, but for me this is a no go. And I don’t care much if his fiancé knew and tolerated it, it’s a no go for me. I don’t mean to say that I won’t continue reading this series, but I can’t ignore the fact that this partly spoiled the book for me, and affected my rating.
This changed abruptly when I learned what the murder victim had done to his daughter. An insecure daughter, mistreated and molested, who had found love with an Italian artist whom her father -on top of it all- forbade her to marry. Then, it rapidly spiraled further downwards when Phryne decided to sleep with said Italian artist, her new friend’s fiancé, without any second guessing or feelings of regret! He even says to Phryne that he is glad they had s*x then, because he had sworn to “denounce [such] delights” once he’d marry his betrothed..
I knew Phryne isn’t a saint and that she has her way with lots of men, but for me this is a no go. And I don’t care much if his fiancé knew and tolerated it, it’s a no go for me. I don’t mean to say that I won’t continue reading this series, but I can’t ignore the fact that this partly spoiled the book for me, and affected my rating.