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Title: not up to snuff
Review: Barbara Vine, Ruth Rendell's alternate penname, has produced a lugubrious "mystery novel" that is much more "novel" than "mystery," and a glacially-paced, uninvolving novel at that. Her characters, unlikable types engaged in bizarre pastimes (climbing across Maida Vale rooftops), will not engage your sympathies.Vine/Rendell invokes old cliches, several more than once, like how in the eyes of 20-year-olds, people of 40 seem ancient. These are commonplace observations, adding to the tedium of this over-long book.Reading "Grasshopper" will make you reach for an Agatha Christie classic as a tonic! Christie's deft plotting, well-defined characters, and brisk narrative will brace you up after Vine's lumpen book.
