A review by shubhra19
Death in Holy Orders by P.D. James

1.0

OMG. This book is exteeeeeemely long. Like it doesn't want to finish at all. How much can a reader endure? 20 days for a book of 429 pages? I was frustrated with myself more for keeping on reading this book.

At some theology college, a student is murdered, and then an old woman dies, followed by the death of Archdeacon, and then, one more death? What is the author trying to do? People are simply dying and Adam is able to do nothing. He keeps talking to priests who are good for nothing oldies. This is an unnecessarily twisted drama. The author is very fond of people dying, and lengthy descriptions it seems because all he does is describes people, places, things, situations, lights, fans, doors, pencil, rubber, and what not. OMG this was one very frustrating book. The only ray of hope was visible after the Archdeacon died, but that too didn't work for long.

Adam seems to be a very slow detective. I had to take this decision to end the book just before a few chapters were left in ending. I was brave enough to finish 3/4th of the book but not anymore.

It had so much scope of being a good mystery but it fell flat.