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Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King
May. 4th, 2015 10:06 pmDreaming Spies: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
3/5. Another Russell/Holmes book of the usual formula – going back in to fill in a previous gap in the timeline with an international adventure which, in the middle of the book, catches up to narrator-standard-time in England.
Eh, you know, the charm is wearing off here.
Things I am in this series for: (1) the picture of a marriage of two very smart, very independent people who love each other, but do not need each other and they both know it; (2) Holmes's disguises; (3) partnership; (4) cleverness.
Things Laurie R. King is in this series for, these days: (1) Cultural tourism (Japan, this time); (2) set pieces.
This was competent, and I am bored. More clever sleuths loving each other but living their own lives, less travelog, please.
3/5. Another Russell/Holmes book of the usual formula – going back in to fill in a previous gap in the timeline with an international adventure which, in the middle of the book, catches up to narrator-standard-time in England.
Eh, you know, the charm is wearing off here.
Things I am in this series for: (1) the picture of a marriage of two very smart, very independent people who love each other, but do not need each other and they both know it; (2) Holmes's disguises; (3) partnership; (4) cleverness.
Things Laurie R. King is in this series for, these days: (1) Cultural tourism (Japan, this time); (2) set pieces.
This was competent, and I am bored. More clever sleuths loving each other but living their own lives, less travelog, please.