tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post8330310092003141899..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Dress Down Sunday: Overture to Death by Ngaio MarshClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-39236133448633445752017-02-10T10:58:58.974+00:002017-02-10T10:58:58.974+00:00Thanks for the kind words Prashant. There are too ...Thanks for the kind words Prashant. There are too many books, too little time. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-47054016887173498732017-02-10T10:58:40.718+00:002017-02-10T10:58:40.718+00:00I had had a long gap before starting re-reading a ...I had had a long gap before starting re-reading a while back, and actually they are better than I remembered. But still not completely satisfying. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-90095052447546685882017-02-10T10:57:38.810+00:002017-02-10T10:57:38.810+00:00Yes, now I think about it there are several books ...Yes, now I think about it there are several books like this one. She could be so funny and acerbic - perhaps she should have written straight novels.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-9780279737151403212017-02-10T10:56:49.190+00:002017-02-10T10:56:49.190+00:00Yes, it was worth reading for the fun of the first...Yes, it was worth reading for the fun of the first half or more. And yes - Dancing Footman will be coming soon on the blog, and it is the one you're thinking of!<br />Well done Mark for solving the crime...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-19108925818840357592017-02-10T10:55:14.350+00:002017-02-10T10:55:14.350+00:00I spend half my time reading old books wondering h...I spend half my time reading old books wondering how on earth they washed or dried any of their clothes. Drying clothes seems to feature a lot in my 21st C life, and I have every advantage.<br />Yes. Must look out some Ethelbert Nevin music if poss. Somehow one doesn't have great expectations...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-65618098292844868022017-02-10T10:53:47.074+00:002017-02-10T10:53:47.074+00:00A lot of this book was quite splendid, very funny ...A lot of this book was quite splendid, very funny and entertaining, so I have to forgive her the bizarre and unbelievable murder method and culprit...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-35214550776506745012017-02-07T12:11:22.748+00:002017-02-07T12:11:22.748+00:00Someday Ngaio Marsh will prevail on my reading cha...Someday Ngaio Marsh will prevail on my reading chart, Moira. Until then I will be content reading such fine reviews of her books. Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-2765807383474885112017-02-07T00:01:59.239+00:002017-02-07T00:01:59.239+00:00I was just going to say pretty much what Sergio sa...I was just going to say pretty much what Sergio said. I read the first half of the books ten or so years ago and enjoyed them, then I read one since I started blogging that I liked fine, but basically for the first half. I need to read more of them to tell what I think of her books now.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-5238981417251355992017-02-06T18:47:25.567+00:002017-02-06T18:47:25.567+00:00It was that encounter which gave the game away for...It was that encounter which gave the game away for me. Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15576963856671527001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-41021587400622764732017-02-06T15:28:17.182+00:002017-02-06T15:28:17.182+00:00With Marsh it really does seem like her books had ...With Marsh it really does seem like her books had a decent first half to introduce the characters and situation and then a much less memorable investigation ... You can tell this is a problem for me, can't you ... :)Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)https://bloodymurder.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-54162140535393328662017-02-06T12:09:02.729+00:002017-02-06T12:09:02.729+00:00I rather like this one actually. It's rather i...I rather like this one actually. It's rather improbable, yes, but I do think the way it was set up is rather well done, and actually made kind of sense in the context of the book. But only really in this particular book, and only because that particular character (as drawn) happened to be in the right place at the right time with the right tools at their disposal...<br /><br />Some of the other Marsh books are RIDICULOUSLY technical, I think it's "Death and the Dancing Footman" that has a particularly Byzantine pulleys-and-hamster-wheels set-up for the actual murder, (something Heath-Robinson-esque involving radio knobs and swinging things on wires?) but it may be another one I'm vaguely thinking of.<br /><br />But yes, the first part of the book is great, and I actually thought the clues were well distributed in this one, especially the bit where two of the characters see the murderer and there's a detail about their appearance that you look back on at the solution and go "ohhhh! yes!" It only wrong-foots the reader because of how the character is drawn and how the other characters feel about that character.<br /><br />(god, trying to avoid spoilers means that this has ended up reading like Ngaio Marsh herself describing a murder solution....)Daniel Milford-Cottamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07387407272852763234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-71647157239242706092017-02-05T17:54:11.646+00:002017-02-05T17:54:11.646+00:00I must say that woollen underpants do not sound ve...I must say that woollen underpants do not sound very comfortable - or easy to wash. Ethelbert Nevin! Wonderful! Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-76044210632024982352017-02-05T12:29:51.889+00:002017-02-05T12:29:51.889+00:00Marsh didn't always nail, Moira. I do like her...Marsh didn't always nail, Moira. I do like her descriptions of groups of people (as in the beginning of this one), but, yes, those are some glaring failings later in the book. Still, the squire in his underpants is a funny moment. It's those sorts of things that help add to Marsh's writing, I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com