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pocket full of rye

lava 23 Mar 09 at 10:37 a.m. GMT

guys wat do u think about pocket full of rye. i am currently reading it

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squatty 25 Mar 09 at 2:54 p.m. GMT

Cool book. The murderer is very charismatic. Whilst reading the book, I felt the nursery rhyme connections were a bit forced but once the murderer is revealed, it felt quite inkeeping with their character.

I felt the killing of the maid, and the manner of the killing was terribly cruel. It is one of the few occassions that I can recall AC totally humiliating one of her victims.

When I re-read the novel, I realised how close to the wind AC sailed in the first couple of chapters and if you are particularly alert to some of the geographical references, the solution is fairly easy to work out.

Tommy_A_Jones 25 Mar 09 at 3:43 p.m. GMT

I really enjoyed the book, the day after I finished it I watched the Joan Hickson Version on Video, it is another example where the Book is much better than the Adaptation like with 'The Moving Finger' after seeing both these I was not looking forward to the books but the books are much better, I saw all the Joan Hickson's before reading the books except 4.50 From Paddington so there are afew I am hoping are better than the Adaptations, don't get me wrong I love them byt some make me think the book is going to be less interesting than others but with 'A Pocketful of Rye' and 'The Moving Finger' I need not have worried.