Wilkie Collins, Joy Connolly, Lillian (AFT) Nayder - The Moonstone

Pros: Interesting mystery, entertaining writing
Cons: Old-fashioned prose may be off-putting to some

I've read a number of books in my day. One of them was this one. If that was all I had to say about it, this would be a tiresome article indeed, though mercifully brief--but no, there's more.

This is one of those books that one might not tend...

Pros: Beautifully written, strong characterisation
Cons: None

Introduction I've been meaning to read this book for ages, but kept putting it off - I do most of my reading on public transport and so tend to prefer something reasonably light - and a book written in 1868 isn't really my idea of light reading. But as ...

Pros: great character development, great plot, interesting to read
Cons: somewhat of a slow beginning

Pardon me, but I think Dashiell Hammett is overrated (author of Maltese Falcon and Glass Key). They are fine, but I believe Mr. Wilkie Collins's detective novel The Moonstone is a much better read, even though Collins is more well known for his ...

Pros: everything
Cons: none

I consider it a blessing that I came across this book and read it.

Why did I pick this book?
Well, English is not my mother tongue (you might have observed already from my writing) and I am kind of obsessed with improving my...