Book Log

Book #6: One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters

I finished this a while ago and forgot to post about it. I've already started the next one, "Monk's Hood." I vaguely remember seeing the TV version of Monk's Hood but not enough to spoil it. I liked One Corpse Too Many. I liked that the two main female characters were both cool in their own ways. I totally thought Hugh Beringar was a bad guy, if not the actual murderer. And it turns out he's going to be a recurring character. He seems cool.

Prior Robert is clearly an ancestor of Prof. Snape. I get the impression he's sort of Cadfael's archnemesis but I like him. Actually, that's not such a contradiction. He's Cadfael's archnemesis AND I like him.

I want to see this movie

I just saw (online) the trailer for Nobel Son, starring Alan Rickman and a bunch of people who aren't Alan Rickman. I'd heard about it and thought it sounded weird and dumb but that was before I knew it was a comedy. Now I'm looking forward to it. Alan's character is a total asshole. He needs to do that more often, like in The Search for John Gissing, he's awesome in roles like that.

Bonus: a long time ago, I saw a poorly written summary of the movie and blogged about it here.