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Geoffrey Chaucer: A New Introduction

David Wallace

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Originally writing over 600 years ago, Geoffrey Chaucer is today enjoying a global renaissance. Why...

South Wind Through the Kitchen: The Best of Elizabeth David

Elizabeth David and Jill Norman

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Before Elizabeth David died in 1992 she and her editor, Jill Norman, had begun work on a volume of...

BookInspector (124 KP) rated This is the House in Books

Sep 24, 2020

I would like to begin by saying that this book left me confused. When I began reading it, I was so bored that I was thinking I made a bad decision by starting reading it. Once I got to Raoul’s murder, that’s when I started changing my mind to the positive side. The whole book is written in very interesting manner. It has this mixture of ” French meets English “ style. The language used in the book is very refined, sophisticated but at the same time not difficult to read. It seems like the story was happening in old times but at the same time it felt really modern.

The characters in this book were really interesting and had personalities. All of them were really mysterious, it seemed that every each of them has a secret which they were trying to hide. The main character, Mr. Seal, feels like Sherlock Holmes in French environment to me, which is quite entertaining and amusing. What I really liked about the book was twists and turns. There were things constantly happening and it wasn’t dragged uselessly. It has a good ending which leaves you satisfied with how the story turned out. Even though the beginning of the book wasn’t quite interesting and went slow for me, it is quite good book, which takes you in as you continue reading it. And if you love crime, black magic, and romance in the same place, give it a try and you might be pleasantly surprised.