Amazon.com To Brother Cadfael and Father Brown, add Elizabeth Elliot to the ranks of amateur sleuths with God on their side. Elliot, the creation of author Irene Allen, is an elderly woman with devout Quaker beliefs. In Quaker Indictment, the fourth in the series, Elizabeth leaves her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to visit an old college friend in Seattle--and to help her gather evidence proving that a nuclear facility in the area is leeching radioactive material into the land. When her friend ends up murdered, Elliot joins forces with a mutual acquaintance to solve the mystery, but soon finds herself up against a government agency run amok. Despite murder, arson, and close calls galore, Elizabeth Elliot's strong faith carries her through to the satisfying denouement. From Kirkus Reviews A fourth episode in this series of low-keyed mysteries starring Elizabeth Elliot, an elderly Quaker widow from Cambridge, Mass. (Quaker Testimony, 1996, etc.). Here, Elizabeth has flown to Seattle to meet Reba Nichols, her lifelong friend from college days. The two are staying at the house of Reba's deceased parents in Richland, on land bordering the old Hanford nuclear site, which produced plutonium during WW II and still employs some locals. Reba is reluctant to sell her inherited property, convinced that people in the area are suffering from radioactive poisoning. She plans to take soil and water samples for expert analysis before confronting government authorities. With the help of Elizabeth, Reba gathers her samples, moving at one point onto the Hanford sitewhere she's stopped by security guards and taken away in a jeep. Elizabeth drives back to the town, expecting to meet Reba there after her release. Instead, her friend's body is found shot to death outside her house, and Al Cartwright, one of the guards, denies ever seeing her. Elizabeth gets little assistance from Sheriff Tomlinson but strong support from Reba's young friend Dr. Meghan Zillainas determined as Elizabeth is to find Reba's killer . . . a mission finally accomplished with a little help from Meghan's trusty dog Panda. A straightforward look at a hardscrabble community with a real-life problem, its momentum slowed by Elizabeth's preachy musings and a flabby, not-so-convincing solution. Still, mildly entertaining. -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. See all Editorial Reviews
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这本作品的语言风格,老实说,一开始让我有些措手不及。它大量运用了那种略显古旧、措辞极为考究的表达方式,句子结构复杂,充满了从句和嵌入式修饰,读起来需要极高的专注力,简直是一场对现代人阅读习惯的挑战。很多段落我需要反复朗读,才能真正理清作者的逻辑链条。然而,一旦你适应了这种节奏,就会发现其中蕴含着一种独特的美感,一种古典的韵律感。作者似乎对手边的每一本参考资料都了如指掌,信手拈来的典故和引文,精准地嵌入到论证的核心,使得整本书的论证过程坚如磐石。我特别欣赏它在处理复杂概念时的那种冷静和克制,没有丝毫煽情或武断的倾向,完全依靠事实和严密的逻辑推理来引导读者得出结论。对于那些习惯了快餐式阅读的读者来说,这可能是一次“痛苦”的经历,但对于我这种热衷于深挖文本肌理的人来说,每一次突破难关,都伴随着巨大的成就感。这本书无疑是为那些愿意投入时间、享受智力搏击的读者准备的。
评分我必须承认,这本书的开篇部分,也就是理论框架的建立,对我来说构成了相当大的挑战。作者似乎预设了读者已经具备了相当深厚的专业背景知识,以至于在阐述其基本概念时,显得有些过于跳跃和简略。我花了大量时间试图消化那些晦涩的术语和抽象的辩证关系,一度产生了放弃的念头。然而,一旦成功跨越了那道最初的理解门槛,接下来的阅读体验就变得豁然开朗了。你会发现,作者后面所有的论证,都是建立在那坚实但难以企及的基础之上的。这本书的价值,可能更多地体现在它所提供的分析工具和思维模型上,而不是单纯的知识罗列。它教会我的不是“是什么”,而是“如何思考”某个复杂的问题。对于那些寻求思维升级,并且不畏惧初期阅读难度的读者来说,这本书绝对是一次值得投入精力的绝佳选择。
评分这本书的书脊设计得相当朴素,那种带着些许年代感的米黄色纸张,摸上去有一种沉甸甸的踏实感。初次翻开,首先映入眼帘的是它那排版极其严谨的字体,每一个字母、每一个标点符号都像是经过精心的打磨。我得说,作者的叙事节奏把握得炉火纯青,它不是那种轰轰烈烈的史诗叙事,而更像是一位资深历史学家,耐心地为你剥开一层层尘封的往事。读这本书,感觉就像是坐上了一列慢速的蒸汽火车,窗外的风景徐徐展开,你得全神贯注地盯着每一帧画面,才能捕捉到那些隐藏在细微之处的历史肌理。特别是书中对那个特定历史时期社会风貌的描摹,那种细腻到令人发指的程度,仿佛能闻到当时空气中弥漫的煤烟味和旧书页的味道。我花了整整一个周末才读完前三分之一,并非因为它晦涩难懂,恰恰相反,是因为它太引人入胜,我不得不频繁停下来,去查阅一些背景资料,以求更深入地理解作者笔下那些看似寻常却内涵深远的细节。这种阅读体验,对我来说,远超一般消遣读物的范畴,它更像是一次深度的智力探险。
评分这本书的叙事视角非常独特,它似乎在刻意回避主流的、被大众接受的宏大叙事框架,而是选择了一个非常边缘化、几乎被历史遗忘的角度切入。这使得阅读过程充满了“发现”的乐趣,就像考古学家在一个不被看好的地点,挖出了一个价值连城的文物。作者的笔触时而尖锐如手术刀,直指问题的核心;时而又变得极其富有同情心,对那些在历史洪流中被忽略的小人物给予了深切的关注。这种对比,让整个文本充满了张力。我记得有一章专门描述某个特定群体的日常生活片段,那些细节的描绘极其生动,让我差点忘记自己是在读一本学术性偏强的著作。这本书成功地将冰冷的学术分析,与温热的人文关怀结合得天衣无缝,读完之后,我不仅在知识上得到了满足,更在情感上受到了一次深刻的触动。
评分坦率地说,这本书的装帧设计实在是太过低调了,如果不是因为我对这个主题本身抱有浓厚的兴趣,我可能根本不会注意到书架上这么一本不起眼的“灰砖头”。内页的纸张质量也只能算是中规中矩,印刷出来的墨色略显灰暗,在灯光不足的地方阅读起来颇有些吃力。但抛开这些外在的因素,这本书的核心内容——那种对特定议题进行抽丝剥茧的分析能力——绝对是顶级的。作者处理跨学科材料的方式非常高明,他能将看似风马牛不相及的社会学理论、经济学模型,以及地方志的零散记载,完美地熔铸在一起,构建出一个立体而多维的视角。我尤其赞赏它在论证过程中展现出的那种惊人的广度和深度,读完之后,你对这个领域的理解会瞬间提升好几个层次,视野一下子被拓宽了。这种知识密度的书,一旦认真阅读,绝对是能够改变一个人思维框架的。
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