Yes, I like how Mrs Marlow starts getting a rich back-story of her own - I know I was as fascinated as her sprogs were whenever these snatches of her past life came to light. Randomly it brings to mind the movie An Education (which set off Karen Marlow bells when I first heard about it - 1960s, bright swot ditching Oxford for older man - unfortunately the resemblance ends there) where the mother starts getting lippy with her husband with a retort along the lines of "I did have a life, at least before we married!" But I digress.
I had the good fortune to find The Marlows and the Traitor and Falconer's Lure quite early on. But I admit I'm not as partial to The Marlows and the Traitor myself - the book is a pleasure to read for her brilliant characterisation of Anquetil and Foley, but in the larger scheme of things the Marlows are just sculling around still, as the author says in a not-too-different context - but it's precisely that. For me, Falconer's Lure is in fact the point where things start feeling familiar - this and End of Term are the first books in the series with a distinct sense of the history, setting and themes that ground the later ones.
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Date: 2009-12-08 09:26 pm (UTC)I had the good fortune to find The Marlows and the Traitor and Falconer's Lure quite early on. But I admit I'm not as partial to The Marlows and the Traitor myself - the book is a pleasure to read for her brilliant characterisation of Anquetil and Foley, but in the larger scheme of things the Marlows are just sculling around still, as the author says in a not-too-different context - but it's precisely that. For me, Falconer's Lure is in fact the point where things start feeling familiar - this and End of Term are the first books in the series with a distinct sense of the history, setting and themes that ground the later ones.