Thalia @ Pictures in the Words
I'm Thalia! I run a book blog called Pictures in the Words and I hope to be an editor for YA fiction. I'm a GoodReads refugee!
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The Martian
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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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The Children of Húrin
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Death Comes to Pemberley
As a general rule, I don’t use .gifs in my reviews–simply to keep a professional, clean layout that transfers neatly between my blog and GoodReads. But this time, I simply can’t resist.Seriously, though. Don’t let the summary fool you, because it’s not at all what you think it’s going to be. Don’t get me wrong–it was a wonderfully well-written novel, and I’m sure James’ other work is fantastic. However, as a “sequel”, of sorts, to Pride and Prejudice and as a “murder mystery”, it was a terrible, terrible failure. It wasn’t what I was anticipating, nor what I wanted to read, and it had absolutely nothing to do with the characters I already know and love. It’s even more of a shame because James is such a good writer, but I guess that’s the way the dice falls sometimes.Read more?http://thaliasbooks.tumblr.com/post/45223330010/death-comes-to-pemberley-review
