This review was published in the April 17, 2014 Xpress Reviews of the Library Journal website.
Black, Benjamin. Holy Orders. 8 CDs. Unabridged. 9 hours 30 minutes. Macmillan
Audio. 2013. ISBN 9781427231673 $39.99.
Holy Orders
is the 6th book of the Quirke novels. Jimmy Minor, a reporter for
the local paper, is found dead in the canal, beaten and horribly mutilated.
Jimmy was always a private guy, who would want him dead? Was it because of who
he fancied or was it the church covering up something he was working on? It’s
up to medical examiner Quirke and Inspector Hackett to solve the case. Author Benjamin
Black, which is the pseudonym for John Banville, fails to create the gripping
thriller that he was aiming for. He attempts to develop his characters but bogs
us down with so many pointless details that the listener only knows that
someone died and that there are a bunch of characters that they don’t care
about.
Narrator John Keating tries his best to give
the story life and emotion, but due to the story jumping points of view so many
times by the second disc you can’t recall what voice belongs to whom.
Not recommended, fans of mysteries and
thrillers would be disappointed.
Jessi Brown. Huntington City-Township Pub. Lib., Huntington, Indiana.
1 comment:
Hi, I was wondering if you would be up to reviewing a short story collection? There are 3 short stories, bit of eclectic bunch of stories aimed for the YA group.
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