Book: ‘Bones and Silence’ by Reginald Hill
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Sep.20, 2018, under Books
Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a very well written book. The story is fine and the characters are outstanding. It’s just typical of contemporary novels to be waaaaaay over written. Certainly the case here. A series of novels could have been assembled from this one. As I finished the book it was obvious how a good editor could have cut out large parts of this book and created an even better written and a really great story. Instead this is a long way to go to get to the end. Basically, about 150 pages of the middle could be skipped and the novel would read as well with more satisfaction.
It is fun to read all the quirky this and thats of the characters and setting. It’s just not needed. The writing is so good, it is worth the hundreds of pages for that. The ending was a bit obvious to me from early on, which made this book even harder to get through. Hill could have swung a few more curves.
I won’t mark down my rating of the book due to length, since it is being done by everyone. Though, I would recommend Edmund Crispin to read for a keen mystery before Hill.
Bottom line: I recommend this book. 7 out of 10.
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