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Fiction

Mme. Defarge

(8,731 posts) Thu Dec 10, 2020, 11:41 PM Dec 2020

Magpie Murders [View all]

I just deleted the audiobook version of it, on loan from my local public library, after Part Six of a 7 part, 14+ hour production. It was a much longer investment than the one I made with Gone Girl, but pretty much the same ultimate reaction. I stopped liking the characters and the premise. In this case I actually felt I had been played as a reader and lover of mysteries.
Was it just moi?

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Magpie Murders [View all] Mme. Defarge Dec 2020 OP

I like it, but I'm reading rather than listening to it. That might make a difference. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2020 #1

PBS Masterpiece is making a series of this. No date yet. IcyPeas Dec 2020 #2

Interesting. Mme. Defarge Dec 2020 #3

I likewise read it, and really liked it. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2020 #4

I enjoyed it, myself, but thought the resolution stretched it too far. Shrike47 Dec 2020 #5

Really. I loved it! PennyK Dec 2020 #6