I have quite a few John Dickson Carr/Carter Dickson books on my shelf but haven't got to them yet. I was hoping to hear some wonderful things in this review to inspire me to pick one up....guess not haha. I wonder how his writing changed going into the later years. Like maybe something from the 50s would be more enjoyable?
I hope I remembered to mention that it was probably a 'it's me not you' situation? I meant to. I would probably have liked it better in a different mood and I actually think that you will enjoy it a lot. You like the older books, mystery, crime and the pulps (respect! The pulp fiction is inspirational). So this will probably be something you fully enjoy. I read a lot less crime and mystery than I used to and I am picky with it. The historic setting was still interesting though and from what I have seen of your reviews you will probably relish the characters and their weird, dated behaviours. Where I was just impatient with them. I hope you do read it, or another of his books because I would love to hear your review of them.
What,! After all these years now you tell me women don't get hysterical and scream a lot? Next you'll be telling me women don't faint at the slightest of scares 🤔😉🤣. Well at least the book sounds like a good 9ne for me to skip 👍
@@OmnivorousReader Possibly so, as I have to rescue my next door neighbour from spiders quite frequently, although to be fair the one I removed from her kitchen ceiling a couple of days ago was a big bugger but probably insignificant compared to Australian spiders. Now if it was a clown on the ceiling I'd probably scream my head off too, clowns are just creepy and that was even before I read the novel It.
@@adrianmcmahon5731 Ha! I agree give me a spider over a clown any day. We do have big spiders, I actually am quite fond of spiders. They are much easier to communicate with than people think, though it helps if they are larger.
@OmnivorousReader I used to be terrified of spiders as a kid (and the dark), I got over both as I got older though. Certainly wasn't because of the number of legs as I was fascinated by octopii, whales, sharks and dinosaurs (amongst other things). Clowns I've always found creepy though, they give me the heebie jeebies just thinking about them 😳.
I have quite a few John Dickson Carr/Carter Dickson books on my shelf but haven't got to them yet. I was hoping to hear some wonderful things in this review to inspire me to pick one up....guess not haha. I wonder how his writing changed going into the later years. Like maybe something from the 50s would be more enjoyable?
I hope I remembered to mention that it was probably a 'it's me not you' situation? I meant to. I would probably have liked it better in a different mood and I actually think that you will enjoy it a lot. You like the older books, mystery, crime and the pulps (respect! The pulp fiction is inspirational). So this will probably be something you fully enjoy. I read a lot less crime and mystery than I used to and I am picky with it.
The historic setting was still interesting though and from what I have seen of your reviews you will probably relish the characters and their weird, dated behaviours. Where I was just impatient with them. I hope you do read it, or another of his books because I would love to hear your review of them.
What,! After all these years now you tell me women don't get hysterical and scream a lot? Next you'll be telling me women don't faint at the slightest of scares 🤔😉🤣.
Well at least the book sounds like a good 9ne for me to skip 👍
I have also always failed at jumping on a chair if I see a mouse... Perhaps I am just an outlier and not a representative specimen.
@@OmnivorousReader Possibly so, as I have to rescue my next door neighbour from spiders quite frequently, although to be fair the one I removed from her kitchen ceiling a couple of days ago was a big bugger but probably insignificant compared to Australian spiders. Now if it was a clown on the ceiling I'd probably scream my head off too, clowns are just creepy and that was even before I read the novel It.
@@adrianmcmahon5731 Ha! I agree give me a spider over a clown any day. We do have big spiders, I actually am quite fond of spiders. They are much easier to communicate with than people think, though it helps if they are larger.
@OmnivorousReader I used to be terrified of spiders as a kid (and the dark), I got over both as I got older though. Certainly wasn't because of the number of legs as I was fascinated by octopii, whales, sharks and dinosaurs (amongst other things). Clowns I've always found creepy though, they give me the heebie jeebies just thinking about them 😳.