Comments on: The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine: Book Review

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:08:39 +0000

Too bad this one didn’t go over well. I have several of her other Vine books to read and a whole pile of the Rendells. I’ll work my way through those first I think.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:59:13 +0000

I confess that I’ve tried to read this book two times, and haven’t yet made it past page 30. I just doesn’t capture my interest, which is a complete anomaly — Vine/Rendell is usually one of my favorite authors!

By: avisannschild

avisannschild — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:35:38 +0000

As I mentioned to you before, I love Barbara Vine’s books and was looking forward to reading this one, but it doesn’t sound very good. I hate the sound of the premise. Ah well, most of her others are great and I guess authors do flub it every now and then!

By: Tara

Tara — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:10:48 +0000

Too bad that this was disappointing! I have a copy, so will be reading it myself eventually.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:15:26 +0000

I haven’t read any of the Barbara Vine books, but I’ve enjoyed the
Rendell ones that I’ve read. I wonder if they’re that different of if this is just a fluke for this one book.

By: rhapsodyinbooks

rhapsodyinbooks — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:39:23 +0000

So many of these crime mysteries rely on improbable coincidences. The ability to avoid those is probably a good barometer of how good an author is.