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The Case of The Sulky Girl - Erle Stanley Gardner

Random Dots — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 10:22:00 GMT

My Rating - ⭐⭐⭐

Book Review

I don't think I need to say any, those who follow me know how much I enjoy reading Perry Mason Series.
For this book, I was hanging between 3 & 4 stars which one to give, three being honest compared to other' in the series and four just to not be too harsh on Gardner. I have decided to go with 3.

Mob psychology is different from individual psychology, and the psychology of the pack is to tear down the weaker and devour the wounded. Man may sympathize with the underdog, but he wants to side with the winner.

The character setup itself should hint some of the story arc to someone who has developed a little caution eye for the workings of the society. Yet, it consists of twists and turns that's expected from this series.

Fran Celane, a happy go cranky lady, whose inheritence transfer was put into the hands of her uncle Norton approaches Mr. Mason for help. Mason accepts Fran as his client and jumps into the math of an unfortunate event that took place which pushed Fran under the bus. She's been made a prime suspect for a first degree murder! With the problem set in, the story proceeds involving Celane's bf/spouse, Norton's partner, the servants of estate in which Celane & her uncle live etc.
Paul Drake doesn't get to have much a role to play in this story (for his fans, if any 😅)

Finally, the story ends with it not being the greatest revelation, yet has the reader engaged all through. The number of characters being limited makes the plot less complicated, losing the punch which usually exists in Perry Mason Series.

To conclude, if you are expecting a punch, you may not get it but it's worth a read as pass time.

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Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami

Random Dots — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 03:11:00 GMT

My Rating - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Book Review

The book was neat and simple. I could specially relate with some of the other reviews mentioned about female characters being shown as somewhat unstable in reference to the male lead who I felt was a tad (actually a lot) more matured for his age - 20.

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The Case of The Ice-Cold Hands - Erle Stanley Gardner

Random Dots — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 15:43:00 GMT

My Rating - ⭐⭐⭐

Book Review

Though it's a thriller, too much of the suspense was stacked to the end, hoping to surprise with very little to conceive.
Mr. Mason comes as the usual demigod pulling clever tricks - reverse playing the games of DA and making him the fool, also on Halstead.
In the middle, the author tricks the avg. man (atleast I got) to assume that Lorraine was an accomplice in murder committed by Royden, deceiving us with a spell of romance.
All in All, I would say , the book wasn't very engaging but it's not very dissapointing either.
Perry Mason seldom dissapoints me.

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Murder on Orient Express - Agatha Christie

Random Dots — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:47:25 GMT

My Rating - ⭐⭐⭐

Book Review

I've finished reading the book. On whole, it's a one time read. If there is anything that I'll take home from the book, that will be its unconventional sentences, quite different from what I'm aware of. Finally, I've read one of Agatha Christie's! This will be my second detective-fiction/mystery author reading, my first one is Earl Stanley Gardener (Perry Mason).

In the book, I did observe emphasis placed on parallel, case-based thinking. It gave me a positive feeling. I've been trying to get back to this way of thinking for some days, after having taken a good long break from it. I'm eagerly looking forward to compare Agatha's protaganist Hercule Poirot with Stanley's Perry Mason.

Concluding, it's a breezy read and won't take much time to finish. Hold your expectations moderate.

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