tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post7659306179115939694..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Hidden and The Field of Blood - reviewsMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-80195748040773692002011-11-01T23:07:15.995+00:002011-11-01T23:07:15.995+00:00Patti, what an excellent point you make. I shall t...Patti, what an excellent point you make. I shall think more about the length issue, because it is, as you point out, very significant.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-42007038930717501902011-11-01T23:06:04.988+00:002011-11-01T23:06:04.988+00:00Dorte, I haven't read the trilogy, but am enco...Dorte, I haven't read the trilogy, but am encouraged to do so by your enthusiasm for it.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-30786751765554703872011-11-01T23:05:24.059+00:002011-11-01T23:05:24.059+00:00Hi Minnie, glad you liked the books, but very sorr...Hi Minnie, glad you liked the books, but very sorry you aren't happy to be back in the UK. I really do hope it gets better for you soon.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-32719385286903292982011-10-31T17:54:24.905+00:002011-10-31T17:54:24.905+00:00One of the great issues lately with TV adaptations...One of the great issues lately with TV adaptations of crime novels is how many episodes are needed to tell the story. I find myself careening between ones that are told so quickly I have no idea what happened and ones drawn out far too long. Rich books, with lots of great characters, need more episodes to do them justice. Plot-driven thrillers can be told more quickly. But no one seems to know which is which.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-89996540767465830542011-10-31T15:45:53.494+00:002011-10-31T15:45:53.494+00:00I have not read any of Mina´s Paddy Meehan stories...I have not read any of Mina´s Paddy Meehan stories, and I am not sure I want to, but her Garnethill trilogy was absolutely overwhelming.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-76256314221072323772011-10-31T12:10:17.059+00:002011-10-31T12:10:17.059+00:00Excellent review, Martin. Thought 'Hidden'...Excellent review, Martin. Thought 'Hidden' a wasted opportunity; stretched a thin storyline too far, and its actors not enough. The Denise Mina tale was terrific, and agree absolutely with your view of the talented lass who played Paddy Meehan: hope we see both again soon. <br />Only reservation was same as yours: they really over-egged the supposed workplace sexism of the time. IME you were more likely to have your sensibilities rattled by an excess of chivalry than outright coarseness (the latter, however, was widespread in the '80s).<br />LOATHING being back; but have finally caught up with 'The Serpent Pool' + 'The Hanging Wood', & enjoyed both immensely (slight pref. for former, where atmosphere of underlying menace among the bien-pensants was beautifully established and sustained - can't have been easy)! There have to be some compensations ...Minniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031126325323208656noreply@blogger.com