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Like everything I've read thus far by P.D. James, this one was excellent. I must admit, I am a newcomer to her work. I did notice one thing about this book that was repeated in an earlier work: In Original Sin, there is a minor character, an older lady, who lives with another lady about her age. This is a repeat from A Mind to Murder whose Sister Ambrose lives with another nurse. I don't think this is a flaw. It is an interesting situation and gives the character an interesting way to get her feelings out without the narrator simply prying into her mind and revealing what he sees.
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Original Sin by P. D James
stephen.brown, October 25, 2006
Like everything I've read thus far by P.D. James, this one was excellent. I must admit, I am a newcomer to her work. I did notice one thing about this book that was repeated in an earlier work: In Original Sin, there is a minor character, an older lady, who lives with another lady about her age. This is a repeat from A Mind to Murder whose Sister Ambrose lives with another nurse. I don't think this is a flaw. It is an interesting situation and gives the character an interesting way to get her feelings out without the narrator simply prying into her mind and revealing what he sees.(195 of 201 readers found this comment helpful)