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eorI finished this a while back, but have been too busy to get around to writing about it. I didn't know what to expect with this book, but since so many people I know has read it, I guess I expected something. But I must admit, I just didn't get it. Maybe that's because I just didn't get it or maybe that's because it just isn't there.
This book strikes me as one very deliberately written to amuse and delight a target audience. Alas, I do not believe I am in the target audience. I certainly like some of the phrasing. But the main character felt more like Pandering than Precious. As in pandering to the audience. The plot, well, the woemantic progression doesn't get interrupted by things like investigation or any other bit of plot really.
It feels like Smith was trying to tackle too many things and ended up with a contrived, preachy feel and a meandering, though not pleasantly meandering, journey to the end of the book.
20. Alexander McCall Smith "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency"
This book strikes me as one very deliberately written to amuse and delight a target audience. Alas, I do not believe I am in the target audience. I certainly like some of the phrasing. But the main character felt more like Pandering than Precious. As in pandering to the audience. The plot, well, the woemantic progression doesn't get interrupted by things like investigation or any other bit of plot really.
It feels like Smith was trying to tackle too many things and ended up with a contrived, preachy feel and a meandering, though not pleasantly meandering, journey to the end of the book.
20. Alexander McCall Smith "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency"
