Negative Positive
Title: A Great Read
Review: This is an enjoyable book. Why? There is no murder; but you expect one at any moment.We start with the "Gaudy Night" a reunion and meeting of female graduates and present students. First there are unsettling and obscene scrawlings. It escalates to a prank in the chapel; then vandalism in a student's apartment.There are many red herrings in this novel. When you think you've got it figured out, along comes another clue!This is not a traditional whodunit in the tradition of Agatha Christie. The novel has a romantic subplot and some polemics. This does not detract from the story.I loved the character of Lord Peter Wimsey. Many writers get stuck in the mode of putting the sleuth in the character of a Jane Marple or a Hercule Poirot. Lord Peter is a unique character.
Is the review positive or negative? 