About Me

I’m too shy to talk about myself.

Home on web at http://twitter.com/johnmdoyle

My BookLists

• I haven't gathered any lists yet.

Browse BookLists

• The Musgrave Ritual finished

  Enjoyable Mystery But Too Short Enjoyable Holmes-retelling rather than Watson-documenting. Good mystery, well told, but not really showing Holmes to be the genius that we believe him to be. And like most of the Holmes short stories it probably would have been better if it was a bit longer. I posted this on 04 July 2009
  0 Comments My book
  review »

• Pride and Prejudice finished

  Too Bloody Reserved I in general hated this book but loved it at the same time. I had been forced to watch the BBC mini series years ago so I couldn't get the actor's faces and way of presenting their characters out of my mind as I read so it may have influenced me in some way. I understand the title of the book but I still wanted to grab Darcy and slap him about a bit and tell him not to be such a nob. I posted this on 23 April 2009
  0 Comments My book
  review »

• King Solomon's Mines finished

  Old-fashioned but exciting Generally enjoyable novel which seemed very familiar probably because much of its plot and scenes have probably turned up in many other books and films since this was first published. Not as exciting as I'd hoped but almost a page turner. I posted this on 23 April 2009
  0 Comments My book
  review »

• The Importance of Being Earnest finished

  Makes me want to see it Witty, clever but full of coincidences though that's part of its charm. It's only a play transcript though but it really makes me want to see one of the many film versions or it live. I posted this on 17 February 2009
  0 Comments My book
  review »

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button finished

  Opportunity Missed I sometimes wonder if FSG should've gone a bit sci-fi with this and delved into the idea of the aged infant more. It seems the sort of story that shouldn't've been short. I posted this on 10 January 2009
  1 Comment My book
  review »

• Crime and Punishment suspended
• Barchester Towers suspended

The Musgrave Ritual - Enjoyable Mystery But Too Short

Enjoyable Holmes-retelling rather than Watson-documenting. Good mystery, well told, but not really showing Holmes to be the genius that we believe him to be. And like most of the Holmes short stories it probably would have been better if it was a bit longer.

I posted this topic 4 months ago. Replies (0)

Pride and Prejudice - Too Bloody Reserved

I in general hated this book but loved it at the same time. I had been forced to watch the BBC mini series years ago so I couldn't get the actor's faces and way of presenting their characters out of my mind as I read so it may have influenced me in some way. I understand the title of the book but I still wanted to grab Darcy and slap him about a bit and tell him not to be such a nob.

I posted this topic 7 months ago. Replies (0)

King Solomon's Mines - Old-fashioned but exciting

Generally enjoyable novel which seemed very familiar probably because much of its plot and scenes have probably turned up in many other books and films since this was first published. Not as exciting as I'd hoped but almost a page turner.

I posted this topic 7 months ago. Replies (0)

The Importance of Being Earnest - Makes me want to see it

Witty, clever but full of coincidences though that's part of its charm. It's only a play transcript though but it really makes me want to see one of the many film versions or it live.

I posted this topic 9 months ago. Replies (0)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Opportunity Missed

I sometimes wonder if FSG should've gone a bit sci-fi with this and delved into the idea of the aged infant more. It seems the sort of story that shouldn't've been short.

I posted this topic 10 months ago. Reply (1)