![]() ![]() That's it anything "regional" comes out as Irish.Like the last book, this comes across as feminist writing. She can do middle English albeit with a few flat vowels and a pidgin Irish. However she is boring in her tone and speaks so slowly I have to increase the speed on my player by 15 to 20%. I can understand having a female narrator given the main protagonist is female. Too much mummy and mumbo jumbo, not enough crime The narrator does the author proud in bringing the characters to life and is consistent in her accents across the books. I'm enjoying the series and am galloping through them in my eagerness to follow the lives of the characters who seem so real. A minor criticism is that an author who takes care to get her scientific facts correct, makes the error of thinking that viruses and fungal infections are treated with antibiotics. ![]() There's more mysticism in this book as Cathbad, the Druid friend of forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway, plays a big part in the story. ![]() I remain convinced that these books are best listened to in chronological order. Most of the characters of previous stories return and part of the pleasure is finding out what happens to them next. I'm glad to say that my misgivings in my review of Book 3 of the series were premature and the author has created another intriguing and interesting story that isn't a repetition of the same formula as the preceding books. ![]()
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