tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post4772217065591090836..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: NEW STUFF: Rustication - Charles PalliserJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-91521211667618138532014-01-06T20:47:12.084-06:002014-01-06T20:47:12.084-06:00I liked The Quincunx, the characters were compelli...I liked The Quincunx, the characters were compelling and the plot had so many interlinking circles, but I wished all aspects of the story had been more fully resolved. I read his later novel The Unburied and found it did not have half as much interest. I shall try again with this one.ThereseTaylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371074569885310714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-29454799423652364732013-11-15T09:22:44.781-06:002013-11-15T09:22:44.781-06:00I bought THE QUINCUNX when it first came out, and ...I bought THE QUINCUNX when it first came out, and it got pushed further and further down the to-read pile. Now I'm remembering why I was interested in it in the first place. Time to move it back up the list.?Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-28566615533951611892013-11-14T23:19:37.676-06:002013-11-14T23:19:37.676-06:00With my TBR piles swelling I am not sure about add...With my TBR piles swelling I am not sure about adding another right now but this sounds like a book I would like to read.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-40795110395806635732013-11-14T10:50:53.829-06:002013-11-14T10:50:53.829-06:00This sounds really great - thanks John, this is no...This sounds really great - thanks John, this is not a book I'd heard about in fact so am really looking forward to it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-6050644969553423472013-11-14T01:55:49.596-06:002013-11-14T01:55:49.596-06:00John, thanks for writing about the difference betw...John, thanks for writing about the difference between a sensation novel and a Gothic novel. It's interesting that you should mention noir fiction as having its roots in sensation fiction of the Victorian era. I have read shades of it in the classic literature of Daniel Defoe and Edith Wharton. I had not heard of Charles Palliser before.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-43506111772923840992013-11-13T20:15:47.462-06:002013-11-13T20:15:47.462-06:00This sounds particularly good, John. I read The Q...This sounds particularly good, John. I read The Quincunx long ago (pre-blogging, so no real notes on it)....and enjoyed it. But I do remember thinking it a bit long. That this one does the job in about half the space sounds even more enticing.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.com