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Twelve Drummers Drumming
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Introducing a series utterly perfect for cozy fans of Alan Bradley, Alexander McCall Smith, and Louise Penny. The Reverend Tom "Father" Christmas, the newest vicar of Thornford Regis, an idyllic rural town in England, turns detective when one of his parishioners turns up dead in a drum, and everyone in town seems to have something to confess. Tom Christmas came to picturesque Thornford Regis with his young daughter to escape the terrible experience of losing his wife in the city. Her murder sent him packing to the bucolic and charming town, where violent crime isn't supposed to happen and the greatest sin is supposed to be nothing a member of the clergy can't handle. Then, at the town fair, a woman is found murdered. Tom soon learnsthat everyone in Thornford Regis has a secret to hide - infidelity, theft, even past murders. Twelve Drummers Drumming showcases a lovely place to live and/or die, and marks the debut of a planned twelve-book mystery series featuring the brilliant Father Christmas.
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- John S.
- 12-31-11
Main problem: just too long
I had thought that the first Maisie Dobbs novel seemed dragged out at 10 hours of series setup, with the mystery plot secondary, but this book being 50% longer suffered even more. I didn't find the village setting particularly "charming", nor the characters particularly likeable or interesting. Father Christmas himself seemed slightly on the dopey side, and his daughter a tad precocious. Apparently, Tom had agreed to raise her as a Jew, with the aunt taking on that role after the wife's murder; I would've liked to have heard a bit more on this. As a plus, he does mentioned being taunted at school for having a lesbian couple as parents (his aunt and her partner). A not-so-plus: late in the book Tom asserts medical knowledge, crying "I was married to a doctor!" I wasn't buying that physician spouses generally discuss their work in that much detail. Moreover, I found the author's assertion that "informal" euthanasia is a common practice among British doctors rather a brash statement.
I'm neither sorry, nor regretful, about having dropped a credit on this one. If Benison can tighten things up next time, there's a future for a Christmas series. Tom's audio voice struck me as a bit posh for a kid who went to state school, though he is an Oxbridge grad (like almost all characters in British books it seems). The housekeeper's "voice" consists entirely of daily letters to her mother, which, although a bit "telling" rather than "showing" worked out okay ... except for the device where she often strikes through words (she's not entirely sure of) to use a simpler one; that might look okay in print, but on audio it grated a bit.
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- connie
- 12-26-11
intelligent cozy with series promise
For once the publisher's summary gets this right: I think fans of Penny and McCall Smith would enjoy this character- and setting- driven Brit cozy -- though it's not quite up to the humorous musing of McCall Smith or to Penny's prose -- but it's also only the first in the series. Despite the comparisons, it didn't play as derivative - more of a re-mix, re-set: Throw in an English village instead of Quebec and add elements of the cozy subgenre, Anglican sleuth.
I liked the narration - West is very "vicar like" in his languorous delivery of Father Christmas' observations and deductions, and there are hints that there is much still to learn of the Reverend in later installments. Gilpin - her sections are briefer- provides the counterpoint (kind of stereotypical) traditional housekeeper's voice. The "stereotype" might extend to the setting -- but it is a cozy -- and the variety is in the village characters, moving about among the usual elements (a May fair, the "Colonel," etc) with their 21st century secrets.
Readers of Alan Bradley will need to weigh in on whether the 9 year old Christmas daughter's perspective resembles his Flavia .
This is not a Christmas novel, despite the title, but it is cozy reading for such a holiday. While I'm not breathlessly waiting for the next book in the series, I will keep downloading.
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- 01-15-17
Christmas on the trail.
A fun, cozy listen. It needs more cats though. A long relaxed mystery that reads much like Dick Francis on Xanax. Not many action scenes and a complex plot that does not come off as contrived or overworked. With a lovely narration, it is a great overall work and should scratch your itch for mystery.
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- mary
- 01-03-13
Sad story but interesting characters
It was a bit long and a lot of internal monologue by Father Christmas. I am Catholic so found some of the attitude of the Anglican priest disturbing especially confession and the sex life of a priest. I really didn't need to hear the thoughts of a priest lusting for women. I also found it almost comical at how easily life is for a priest to marry a Jewish woman and now raise a Jewish girl. Real life is not that simple.
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- John
- 12-31-11
Main problem: just too long
I had thought that the first Maisie Dobbs novel seemed dragged out at 10 hours of series setup, with the mystery plot secondary, but this book being 50% longer suffered even more. I didn't find the village setting particularly "charming", nor the characters particularly likeable or interesting. Father Christmas himself seemed slightly on the dopey side, and his daughter a tad precocious. Apparently, Tom had agreed to raise her as a Jew, with the aunt taking on that role after the wife's murder; I would've liked to have heard a bit more on this. As a plus, he does mentioned being taunted at school for having a lesbian couple as parents (his aunt and her partner). A not-so-plus: late in the book Tom asserts medical knowledge, crying "I was married to a doctor!" I wasn't buying that physician spouses generally discuss their work in that much detail. Moreover, I found the author's assertion that "informal" euthanasia is a common practice among British doctors rather a brash statement.
I'm neither sorry, nor regretful, about having dropped a credit on this one. If Benison can tighten things up next time, there's a future for a Christmas series. Tom's audio voice struck me as a bit posh for a kid who went to state school, though he is an Oxbridge grad (like almost all characters in British books it seems). The housekeeper's "voice" consists entirely of daily letters to her mother, which, although a bit "telling" rather than "showing" worked out okay ... except for the device where she often strikes through words (she's not entirely sure of) to use a simpler one; that might look okay in print, but on audio it grated a bit.
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- Sara
- 11-02-14
One Random Vignette After Another
To me one aspect of a good book is that there is a directional drive that pulls you along as if you are in a boat following a current set out by the author. This sense of directionality and flow of a story line are missing in this mystery. Instead, the book is made up of a series of events loosely strung together by endless verbage. Some of these vignettes are engaging but the story as a whole is disjointed and carelessly thrown together. Things don't follow in a way that makes any sense. It's as if the author wrote a pile of word pictures and then just shuffled them together and called it a book.
If you add all of this to the questionable narration, then the whole experience is pretty darned awful. Keep in mind that it is 15 hours of awful to boot. The falsetto voice used frequently by the narrator was too much for me to stand. The voices became so mixed up that it was almost impossible for me to tell who was talking and what was going on most of the time. After hours of this I no longer cared.
I wanted to like this book but it was a disappointment. It just wasn't for me and I can't recommend it to others either.
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- Christy Carson
- 06-13-15
language
Was a great story, but language turned bad. Because of this, won't get rest.
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- Cynthia
- 09-12-21
Entirely unlikable and bad tempered characters.
Far too many characters, none of whom were engaging or interesting. I spent most of the book trying to figure out how people were related.
Everyone is stereotypical and lack the tiniest smidge of charm although there is plenty of crude language, which is startling as most of the book is in or around a church.
Finally, the story is non existent; maybe finding it is the solution to the mystery.
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- Barbara L.
- 11-23-23
The story was way too long 14 hours should have been 6
Boring not very good story telling no mystery. Not very interesting main character. The daughter's affectation was tiresome. I think it is clear I did not like this book
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