{"id":588,"date":"2008-06-02T11:02:45","date_gmt":"2008-06-02T15:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=588"},"modified":"2021-05-30T21:38:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:38:05","slug":"quietly-in-their-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/588","title":{"rendered":"Quietly in Their Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quietly in Their Sleep<\/a><\/em> (1997) Donna Leon<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This was a rather strange story in comparison to the previous books. Brunetti is given only a vague idea that there might be something untoward happening in a nursing home–a home that is run by the same man as the home in which Brunetti’s mother resides. It is this personal interest that draws Brunetti into trying to determine if something untoward has happened or not.<\/p>\n

What he ends up discovering is far more–and far worse–than he expected.<\/p>\n

As with Death and Judgment<\/em> there are entanglements with Brunetti’s home life that complicate matters. And to be honest, it was this complication that I felt was the weakest part of the book. The parallels of his case and the issue at home seemed a little too pat and things fell into place a little too neatly. Donna Leon almost makes up for it with the parallel resolution of the two cases.<\/p>\n

It is also interesting to see how Brunetti is readily willing to accept extra-ordinary means–means that are outside the bounds of the law–when it is useful to him, even as he privately rails again similar powers being used against him.<\/p>\n

Essentially, we were setting Brunetti change and learn to use whatever means he has at hand to fight for what he believes to be right, even if those means are outside the normal legal bounds and channels. <\/p>\n

And that is what saves this book.<\/p>\n

If you have not read a Commissario Guido Brunetti, you should be easily able to begin the series here. However, as the strongest part of this book is seeing how much Brunetti has changed since we first met him in Death at La Fenice<\/em>, I would recommend starting at the beginning and then reading your way to this book.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quietly in Their Sleep (1997) Donna Leon This was a rather strange story in comparison to the previous books. Brunetti is given only a vague idea that there might be something untoward happening in a nursing home–a home that is run by the same man as the home in which Brunetti’s mother resides. 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