What did you read this year?
Caleb’s
average rating for
2024
3.6
3.6
A great first effort, somewhat clunky in places.
I really like Alan Grant as a contrast to other golden age detectives. He’s more sensitive, grounded, and thoughtful than your Lord Peter Wimsey, or Hercule Poroit.
The plot is subversive and thematically rich. It’s clear that Tey had thoughts about the role of police in the society, and how even someone well meaning and “honest� like Grant can come across as a manipulative sociopath in the course of ...more
I really like Alan Grant as a contrast to other golden age detectives. He’s more sensitive, grounded, and thoughtful than your Lord Peter Wimsey, or Hercule Poroit.
The plot is subversive and thematically rich. It’s clear that Tey had thoughts about the role of police in the society, and how even someone well meaning and “honest� like Grant can come across as a manipulative sociopath in the course of ...more