One Good Turn
Ratings25
Average rating3.8
Her writing is a pleasure to read. If you like the genre she is a must read
Took me a long time to finish, which is saying. It's a detective novel set in modern Edinburgh during Art Festival. Technically book is very, very well written, full of background details for a dozen of main characters, but the main plot left me cold, it's just not engaging enough. Also, it's a story that treats every character with russian origin as some kind of “deus ex machina”, I'm getting tired of that.
I expect to enjoy this kind of crime stories much more when I get old, though.
I love Edinburgh and the return of Jackson Brodie pulled me in. I enjoyed the Dickensian way it ‘all comes together in the end', however Case Histories remains my favourite Atkinson novel thus far.
True, Case Histories was a clever, fun mystery, but I've been mysteried out for years. I suddenly found myself in the mood for light and clever and One Good Turn made a fortuituous arrival at my house. Exactly what I wanted. Characters so miserable they couldn't help but be based on real life. A bit of wit or wisdom on almost every page. No great truths here, but a perfect way to spend a cold wet afternoon.
This is a good follow up to Case Histories...I like the writing style and storytelling. I think I probably would've enjoyed it more had I read instead of listened to this one while driving. But, good none the less.