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Fran Gardner's avatar

Did you review Death Comes to Pemberly? I seem to remember it. I can’t find it through a search. The problem I’m having with it is that while James is a good writer, she isn’t Jane Austen.

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I did finish it. This book doesn’t really work. The characters have no affect. You don’t get a glimmer of passion between Darcy and Elizabeth and the last-minute confession was really not believable.

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well, you read it twice! So there must be something there. I’ll go ahead and finish it. Thanks for looking it up.

Amy Wang's avatar

I wrote about it in May 2025.

Amy Wang's avatar

P.D. James is definitely not Jane Austen — who is? It was helpful to me to view Death Comes to Pemberly through that lens.

I believe I did write about the book. I’ll see if I can track it down.