tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post1391617708690906296..comments2024-03-28T15:50:29.884-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: The Red Door by Charles Todd: A reviewDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-40908001412211417332015-11-08T10:52:23.170-06:002015-11-08T10:52:23.170-06:00Thanks. Now that you mention it, I have heard abou...Thanks. Now that you mention it, I have heard about this writing team.Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-47129053348613028972015-11-05T22:51:41.844-06:002015-11-05T22:51:41.844-06:00"Charles Todd" is actually a pseudonym f..."Charles Todd" is actually a pseudonym for a mother and son writing team. The first book in their series was <i>A Text of Wills</i>, published in 1996, and there has been one just about each year since then. I believe they are now up to 17 in the series. Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-46590451395272406962015-11-05T19:52:16.104-06:002015-11-05T19:52:16.104-06:00I remember seeing Charles Todd on the bookshelves ...I remember seeing Charles Todd on the bookshelves at the store where I used to work. What is the title of the first in his series?Judy Kruegerhttp://keepthewisdom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-49208986160972517852015-11-05T16:41:53.977-06:002015-11-05T16:41:53.977-06:00I know what you mean.I know what you mean.Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-82215806683758800432015-11-05T14:42:21.551-06:002015-11-05T14:42:21.551-06:00I enjoy reading series and I have several going, i...I enjoy reading series and I have several going, including this one, at the moment. But I agree with you that they have to move and grow. They can't just do the same old same old over and over again and keep my interest. It sort of feels like Todd is stuck. The treatment of PTSD is sensitive and I do appreciate that, but his character Rutledge is beginning to feel rather flat, and the plots are just all over the place. I won't give up on the series just yet - it is a very interesting period of history - but the writing has to get better. Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-24343329897108655482015-11-05T14:07:04.702-06:002015-11-05T14:07:04.702-06:00Well, PTSD can go on for years and certainly the a...Well, PTSD can go on for years and certainly the atrocities of war aren't easily forgotten, so I can understand the author in that regard. What I definitely have a hard time with is the character not growing or the story getting stuck in the same place throughout various books; that's maybe the reason why I've read just one series. Some books in series are just fillers.Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.com