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The Comforts of Home by Susan Hill
4.0
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A new Simon Serrailer novel is always one to look forward to, and with such a long gap since the The Soul of Discretion (4 years, although there were some novellas inbetween), it is definitely highly anticipated. It also felt, to me, like a bit of a different offering.
For one thing, there felt like there was way less police procedural and detective work - although the plot consists of various crimes, because of the situation Simon is in, he's not right 'in the action' so to speak, so this felt very different to the rest of the series. Definitely less dramatic, but not necessarily less enjoyable.
There's a noticable absence of darkness or grit, which I did miss, but instead the story focuses on characters and their relationships to one another, and for me this made up for it. In The Comforts of Home the reader learns a lot more about various characters and for me that meant that the story was still well worth reading. I don't want to give too much away but from the synopsis it's clear that Simon is 'away' recovering and this is the main reason for the change in pace, so it all makes sense.
I don't want to give much away but I definitely still enjoyed this novel, perhaps not as much as the earlier books in the series, but still to the point that I didn't want it to end. Looknig forward to what future books in this series have to offer!
(3.5 bumped to 4/5 stars)
Many thanks to Vintage Publishing for providing a copy of this book on which I chose to write an honest and unbiased review.
A new Simon Serrailer novel is always one to look forward to, and with such a long gap since the The Soul of Discretion (4 years, although there were some novellas inbetween), it is definitely highly anticipated. It also felt, to me, like a bit of a different offering.
For one thing, there felt like there was way less police procedural and detective work - although the plot consists of various crimes, because of the situation Simon is in, he's not right 'in the action' so to speak, so this felt very different to the rest of the series. Definitely less dramatic, but not necessarily less enjoyable.
There's a noticable absence of darkness or grit, which I did miss, but instead the story focuses on characters and their relationships to one another, and for me this made up for it. In The Comforts of Home the reader learns a lot more about various characters and for me that meant that the story was still well worth reading. I don't want to give too much away but from the synopsis it's clear that Simon is 'away' recovering and this is the main reason for the change in pace, so it all makes sense.
I don't want to give much away but I definitely still enjoyed this novel, perhaps not as much as the earlier books in the series, but still to the point that I didn't want it to end. Looknig forward to what future books in this series have to offer!
(3.5 bumped to 4/5 stars)
Many thanks to Vintage Publishing for providing a copy of this book on which I chose to write an honest and unbiased review.