I always enjoy this series of Alexander McCall Smith novels - but I probably need a few weeks (or months) between reading each one. I prefer the later series he created about the inhabitants of Scotland Street, but the series (of which this is one) about life in Botswana and the family and friends of Mme Ramotswe is gentle, easy, educational reading. One of the purposes of reading is to take you into an unknown world and reveal the habits and lives of people - and this book does that. As fans of the No1 Ladies' Detective Agency will know each book is a collection of episodes (or cases) which presents a moral dilemma as well as a truth to be revealed, so this isn't really crime fiction. Often the 'solution' is predictable - and one in this volume is really disappointingly familiar - almost an urban myth. However, there really isn't much to criticise here - it is well written, the characters are well drawn, there is nothing to offend, and deserves a rating of 8/10.Tuesday 2 October 2007
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive - Alexander McCall Smith
The eighth book in the 'No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series.
I always enjoy this series of Alexander McCall Smith novels - but I probably need a few weeks (or months) between reading each one. I prefer the later series he created about the inhabitants of Scotland Street, but the series (of which this is one) about life in Botswana and the family and friends of Mme Ramotswe is gentle, easy, educational reading. One of the purposes of reading is to take you into an unknown world and reveal the habits and lives of people - and this book does that. As fans of the No1 Ladies' Detective Agency will know each book is a collection of episodes (or cases) which presents a moral dilemma as well as a truth to be revealed, so this isn't really crime fiction. Often the 'solution' is predictable - and one in this volume is really disappointingly familiar - almost an urban myth. However, there really isn't much to criticise here - it is well written, the characters are well drawn, there is nothing to offend, and deserves a rating of 8/10.
I always enjoy this series of Alexander McCall Smith novels - but I probably need a few weeks (or months) between reading each one. I prefer the later series he created about the inhabitants of Scotland Street, but the series (of which this is one) about life in Botswana and the family and friends of Mme Ramotswe is gentle, easy, educational reading. One of the purposes of reading is to take you into an unknown world and reveal the habits and lives of people - and this book does that. As fans of the No1 Ladies' Detective Agency will know each book is a collection of episodes (or cases) which presents a moral dilemma as well as a truth to be revealed, so this isn't really crime fiction. Often the 'solution' is predictable - and one in this volume is really disappointingly familiar - almost an urban myth. However, there really isn't much to criticise here - it is well written, the characters are well drawn, there is nothing to offend, and deserves a rating of 8/10.
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