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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Simisola" - classic mystery as well as social examination,
By A Customer
This review is from: Simisola (Hardcover)
In "Simisola" Rendell continues to delve beneath the outer
layers of the human psyche, exposing attitudes and perceptions
that both animate and lay bare her main characters.
Her detectives, the thoughtful Chief Inspector Wexford and
the pragmatic Detective Inspector Burden, provide two separate
approaches to racial tension, and domestic violence, in our
society. When a woman goes missing and two women are murdered
issues of race and domestic abuse become the key to the mystery
and each detective is forced to rexamine his own perceptions.
Rendell moves swiftly to the heart how we often delude
ourselves about our attitudes. On the surface this is a fast-
paced, exciting puzzle with a surprise solution in the best
tradition of the British mystery writers. Below the
surface, "Simisola" is an piercing examination of the
emotionally charged atmosphere surrounding the integration
of immigrants into a small traditional community.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Chýef Inspector will hunt in the suburbs of England...,
By RitterH "Audiobook Fan" (Istanbul , Turkey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Simisola (Hardcover)
People lack the time for reading books; you may be concerned about the thickness of the book, do not!A girls disappearence could not be more mysterious. Chief Inspector Wexford's reasoning power is just behind the truth which disappears with every new fact untill the last page of the book. The girl was last seen alive in an unemployment office... was she? You find yourself in a maze of events which drag you from backstreets to reality; and then back again. This book will be the beginning of Ruth Rendell series which are a fine blend of real life atmosphere and fiction. The taste will still be there, and you will be hungry for more!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Vague Characters & Construction Undercuts Good Style,
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This review is from: Simisola (Paperback)
Ruth Rendell is often admired for her elegantly sparse prose and her psychological insight; I, however, too often find her novels vague in both character and construction--and her solutions more a matter of deux ex machina that actual deduction. And such is the case with SIMISOLA, a novel that finds unassuming Inspector Wexford first in search of a missing girl and then in search of a vicious killer.
As usual, Rendell writes with a graceful touch and brings a certain amount of social commentary into her novel, in this instance elaborating on both racism and joblessness in England. This sounds a promising mix, but Rendell proves quite typical of herself: when all is said and done most of her social commentary seems to have little to do with the story beyond providing a foggy sort of background to a somewhat forced conclusion. The ultimate effect is that of a novel you read a bit of and then put down--and maybe you pick it up again and maybe you don't. Certainly not one of her more interesting efforts. GFT, Amazon Reviewer
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