What would have made Elegy for Eddie better?
Quite why I've struggled through the Maisie Dobbs series I can't explain but this will definitely be the last one I will tolerate. Implausible characters, most notably Maisie Dobbs herself, the story line is weak and the revisionist take on Churchill's role in the lead-up to the Second World War insulting. No idea who Winspear thinks her audience is for this trash apart possibly from an unquestioning American audience who can't see through the clunky attempts at social and historical commentary.
Has Elegy for Eddie put you off other books in this genre?
No, still love whodunits in general and most recently enjoyed The Cuckoo's Calling.
Have you listened to any of Julie Teal’s other performances? How does this one compare?
No I haven't but it was very good and Julie Teal can't be held to account for the poor material. Compares very favourably with the American reader (Orlagh Cassidy) of the same novel which I had to abandon because her grasp of English regional and class based accepts was so woeful (for example she rendered a Glaswegian with an Irish accept) and her attempt at an upper class accent was terrible, whoever told Cassidy that she could render an English accent did the world a disservice).
What character would you cut from Elegy for Eddie?
All of them.
Any additional comments?
I am so exasperated by the Maisie Dobbs books I am moved to write this, my first review on Audible. Perhaps I'm most annoyed with myself for reading this rubbish in the first place. In future I'll stick with D L Sayers and Alexander McCall Smith.