Book: ‘Mrs. Pargeter’s Package’ by Simon Brett – October 22nd, 2017
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Oct.22, 2017, under Books
Mrs. Pargeter’s Package by Simon Brett
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
I found this book not written well but with a very good mystery. This is another Simon Brett I haven’t cared for. Judging by the reviews, I’m missing something. I find the main character uneven. Inconsistent dialogue, internal and external. It’s rare for me to read a book and find the main character hard to understand.
Not connecting to the main character had the rest of the book hard to connect to. I wasn’t nutty about any of the characters. I found all of them to be very loose or stereotyped. This made the rest of the book tough to get through. Brett certainly wrote a lot about the main, supporting and minor characters, but I found all of that writing to be empty.
The plotting is well done and, as written above, a very good mystery included. The writing putting it all together is just not strong enough to me to make the whole work.
This would have been an outstanding book in different hands. Though, in view of other reviewers, I am in a minority.
Bottom line: I don’t recommend this book. 4 out of 10 points.
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