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"Boris Akunin gets better, and better. Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog is immensely compelling, rich, and amusing -- more than a little seductive, slightly mad, and wildly entertaining." (Alan Furst )
Jessica Mann, LITERARY REVIEW (May 2006)
'...Pelagia's family likeness to Father Brown and Miss Marple is marked, and reading about her supplies a similarly decorous pleasure.'
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stick with this series,
By SM (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pelagia and the White Bulldog: The First Sister Pelagia Mystery (Hardcover)
The Sister Pelagia mystery series may not be as effortless a read to take in as Erast Fandorin, but it's well worth the effort. While the White Bulldog may be have a plot that is slightly less dynamic than the one Fandorin fans are used to, it is a refreshing change of pace. The language is beautiful, the characters are engaging and the sleuth and her posse (bishop Mitrofani and Berdichervsky) are at least as charismatic as Fandorin and Masa.
The series (there are only three novels in it) picks up the pace in The Black Monk and positively goes berserk in the Red Rooster, but the provincial charm of the White Bulldog is very enjoyable too. Most Russian fans of Akunin consider the Pelagia trilogy to be a more workmanlike and even series than Fandorin, which has its peaks and valleys.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
wonderfully entertaining and informative,
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This review is from: Pelagia and the White Bulldog: The First Sister Pelagia Mystery (Hardcover)
I love sister Pelagia mysteries as much as I love Fandorin's though it is impossible to compare them, the two being so different. If Fandorin's series focus on Moscow and its inhabitants, international crimes and politics, Pelagia takes us to small provincial towns and villages where she conquers our hearts with her native wit, intelligence and charm. The Pelagia books are beautifully written, the style bears resemblance to works of Turgenev and Chekhov. It is not only entertaining but also very informative reading and I would certainly recommend the books to anyone.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
But don't buy the Kindle edition,
This review is from: Pelagia And The White Bulldog: The First Sister Pelagia Mystery (Sister Pelagia Mystery 1) (Kindle Edition)
A great story, but ruined on the Kindle by incredibly sloppy proof-reading.
Dear Amazon, Search for: "003" Replace with: "star" Same error occurs every few pages, and often several times on the same page. Error present on all words that include those four letters. Constantly irritates and distracts from an otherwise superb plot.
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