Reviews for Jackson's dilemma

The average rating for Jackson's dilemma based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-05-30 00:00:00 Teresa Fajardo Her last book (published in '95). Apparently set in modern times (eg computers self-consciously mentioned in passing), but very old fashioned feel. A bride disappears on the eve of her wedding, leaving friends and family devastated and perplexed, with hurt and mysteries in their own past to face up to. Doesn't flow quite as well as some of her earlier works; in particular, it is somewhat disjointed and, especially towards the end, rather rushed with sections of very theatrical dialogue, which don't ring true. Linguistic analysis re her Alzheimers has shown how limited the vocabulary and how simple the sentences are compared with her earlier works:

Review # 2 was written on 2021-02-25 00:00:00 Anthony Vallant Having completed Richard Powers' novels with Prisoner's Dilemma, it seemed natural to pick this one up next, as it also completes a bigger set for me. It was Murdoch's last novel, and to be brutally honest it doesn't stand comparison with the ones that preceded it - it is quite short by her standards and she seems less in control of her material, for example she repeats two of her introductory paragraphs (one on the location of a village church and one of the languages the Berran sisters know). Having said that, it is still quite an entertaining read full of her characteristic tropes, and I am sorry there are now no more to come - I must reread some of the ones I read before joining GR.