tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435570733711194686.post603671618583023657..comments2023-11-15T20:30:24.859+00:00Comments on A Sign of the Crimes: Mini reviews #10A Sign of the Crimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753757938979390225noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435570733711194686.post-62457112971842513142017-11-26T14:47:26.055+00:002017-11-26T14:47:26.055+00:00Yeah I did jump straight into ATTWNO, which might ...Yeah I did jump straight into ATTWNO, which might not have been the best idea.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800837907092489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435570733711194686.post-85273380581059944912017-11-26T14:21:07.276+00:002017-11-26T14:21:07.276+00:00Thanks, Kate! I see what you mean about Adair and ...Thanks, Kate! I see what you mean about Adair and will seek out your review. Did you start with The Act of Roger Murgatroyd or go straight into ATTWNO? The postmodern games kind of escalate over the course of the series. When the first one came out I was 17 and had never heard of post-modernism, but bought it on spec because it had a pretty cover and Agatha-ish title. I thought it was just a really funny and badly written novel, although the bad writing was actually good writing, if that makes sense. Then whenever a new one came out it would be my Christmas present to myself. When the third one came out, I was studying po-mo at uni, so enjoyed it doubly. Part of me wants to reread them all properly but part of me is scared that, if I do so, I'd find them tedious. As for Rogue Male, the comment was definitely on the hero and the genre more generally. The writing itself is beautiful in places, and I don't know anything about Household as a person. I enjoy some blokey fiction, but only when the hero takes himself with a pinch of salt.A Sign of the Crimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753757938979390225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435570733711194686.post-58092945614089727882017-11-26T10:11:07.937+00:002017-11-26T10:11:07.937+00:00Definitely enjoying the mini reviews series. Alway...Definitely enjoying the mini reviews series. Always interesting to see how many I have read out of the list. Only two this time around I'm afraid though. Loved TSCODJAMH like you , but unlike you I really didn't enjoy Adair's book when I reviewed it. It may be that I don't get on with the levels of confusion postmodern works generate. Never read Household's novel but your comment is certainly entertaining and could probably apply to a number of fictional men in interwar mysteries. Unless of course your comment was referring to Household himself?Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800837907092489noreply@blogger.com