tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post8469723895666265615..comments2023-10-10T10:00:06.367+01:00Comments on DJ´s krimiblog: Val McDermid, The Mermaids Singing (1995)Dorte Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-24183096797983758422009-08-11T18:28:31.726+01:002009-08-11T18:28:31.726+01:00Belle, in my opinion The Grave Tattoo is something...Belle, in my opinion The Grave Tattoo is something altogether different. More of a yarn than serious crime fiction. I thought it was rather entertaining, though.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-55477644719032677572009-08-11T18:09:22.161+01:002009-08-11T18:09:22.161+01:00I read this one a while back. It was much too grap...I read this one a while back. It was much too graphic for me. I haven't tried another one and hadn't had any plans to, but I might try The Grave Tattoo if it's very different.Belle Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112894169429729531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-47956477240356972762009-08-09T13:18:07.963+01:002009-08-09T13:18:07.963+01:00Beth, I certainly think you should try her out for...Beth, I certainly think you should try her out for yourself. She is good at plotting and creating excitement, still I agree with R.T. who calls her coarse - at least in this novel. The story "The Grave Tattoo" from 2006 is very different. I called it ´a rather delightful cock-and-bull tale´.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-33153487982235854642009-08-09T11:48:48.169+01:002009-08-09T11:48:48.169+01:00I haven't yet read McDermid, but it's not ...I haven't yet read McDermid, but it's not because I'm squeamish, it's just that there are soooooo many books on my wish list.Beth Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627666337961326265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-74036121365618183402009-08-05T12:54:17.515+01:002009-08-05T12:54:17.515+01:00R.T. I agree that this one is unnecessarily coarse...R.T. I agree that this one is unnecessarily coarse. I don´t think all her novels are like that, however. I wrote one last year which was a rather entertaining yarn, and as far as I know it is only her Tony Hill series which is so graphic. I can live with reading a coarser novel once in a while, but it is not what I thrive on so to speak.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-45127918176340395182009-08-04T21:00:31.654+01:002009-08-04T21:00:31.654+01:00Your spot-on assertion that McDermid's novel i...Your spot-on assertion that McDermid's novel is "not for the squeamish" is one of the reasons that I never warmed up to her work. It is not that I am squeamish, but there is in McDermid's an overall coarseness, which I see as being flaunted for stylistic effect rather than as a satisfying foundation upon which to advance plots and themes. Of course, that is simply one reader's opinion, and that underscores the wide diversity of taste among readers. There are probably no such things as good taste or bad taste; there are instead different tastes, and McDermid does not suit min.R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.com