tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post9049536675493860720..comments2024-03-28T01:36:51.952-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: The Wrong Man by David Ellis Bill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-82888230045539614692013-07-31T08:51:22.509-06:002013-07-31T08:51:22.509-06:00Kathy D.: Thanks for the encouragement.Kathy D.: Thanks for the encouragement.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-50696139477168474972013-07-28T22:15:13.479-06:002013-07-28T22:15:13.479-06:00You'd enjoy Dead Peasants then. Fun.You'd enjoy Dead Peasants then. Fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-2125445999172589262013-07-25T23:34:43.655-06:002013-07-25T23:34:43.655-06:00Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. As I read of pro...Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. As I read of problems and hard issues and complex matters all day I usually prefer to escape in crime fiction rather than be challenged.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-61798429124555842752013-07-25T02:22:29.236-06:002013-07-25T02:22:29.236-06:00I read Defending Jacob, not only because it was no...I read Defending Jacob, not only because it was nominated for the Harper Lee prize, but because Maxine Clarke had highly recommended it and so had a good mystery loving friend.<br /><br />I had to read a light book after that and watch a few comedic movies.<br /><br />But Dead Peasants is just fun, witty and with an overall progressive theme.<br /><br />I will read Paul Goldstein's book, too, as I am intrigued by it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-39258965254015030052013-07-24T21:32:51.127-06:002013-07-24T21:32:51.127-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. I think it would h...Margot: Thanks for the comment. I think it would have been better to chose either legal mystery or thriller.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-32137263560879160432013-07-24T21:31:27.665-06:002013-07-24T21:31:27.665-06:00Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. I appreciate hea...Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. I appreciate hearing your thoughts. I am not sure about Defending Jacob. I am more likely to read Dead Peasants.<br /><br />Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-12807871956958595582013-07-24T05:36:40.707-06:002013-07-24T05:36:40.707-06:00Bill - Your excellent review made me think about w...Bill - Your excellent review made me think about why those 'thriller' aspects of a novel are added. In this case, the legal plot itself - and of course, the murder mystery - had plenty of tension and tautness in and of themselves. ANd thanks for sharing your view about the courtroom aspects and the other legal-procedure aspects of the novel. Not being an attorney myself, it's sometimes hard to tell how much of a legal novel is really authentic and how much isn't. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-42721755549226578482013-07-23T22:45:00.333-06:002013-07-23T22:45:00.333-06:00I can understand your frustration with the "t...I can understand your frustration with the "thriller" aspect a I was a bit put off by the book veering off in that direction, when it got to be over the top.<br /><br />And, I, too, would have been satisfied with a courtroom mystery, with maybe a bit of the Mob thrown in.<br /><br />I don't need international issues to come into a legal mystery to make it interesting. (In fact, I usually don't read books with international overtones like this.) But here I enjoyed the protagonist so I was willing to keep following him.<br /><br />And I liked the expose of who exactly were the troops for the thriller part of the plot, glad they were shown to be who they are, people we do have to worry about here -- and who co commit violent acts.<br /><br />I'd recommend Defending Jacob, too, as a brilliantly written book, but very intense, no humor and it's a tough read -- well-done, though.<br /><br />Dead Peasants by Larry D. Thompson was an easy-going book about a millionaire-plaintiff lawyer who retires to do pro bono work to help poor people being raked over by corporations, who resort to one scheme after another.<br /><br />Main character is likeable and it's a relaxing book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com