Friday, 4 September 2015

The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency – Alexander McCall Smith



Every now and again one should allow him/herself to read something light. Well, maybe this book was a bit too light, but hey…

Unlike his Sunday Philosophy Club – so pretentious (yet with some banal and trite philosophical quotes for anyone who has taken a few classes), snob, and with a protagonist that is always so right you want to pull your arm off, just so you can have something to throw at her (cit. Joey Trebbiani, Friends) - The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency is delicate and sweet, or maybe it just feels that way because I am a lot further from the reality of Botswana than that of Edinburgh.

But can you consider a book that you read with this ease an actual work of literature, or is it just semi-pointless entertainment? 

No comments:

Post a Comment