Father Brown mysteries
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 1:15 pm
I’ve recommended this to people who have messaged me about books from time to time and it finally dawned on me that I should just post about it so I can recommend it to everyone at once. Because I believe every person should read this at least once, it works your mind in amazing ways.
The Father Brown mysteries by G.K Chesterton is the greatest mystery series I have ever read. The stories are so complex, yet simple, it’s incredible. And as I said the way of thinking it uses is marvelous. What’s also great is that they’re short stories, so it’s not a big ordeal to jump in and read one or two when you feel like it. And that adds to the testament of how great the writing is, that they can be such fantastic plots in so few words.
So yes, I highly recommend that everyone who likes reading mysteries or a good exercise in twisting your mind around check this series out.
If you want to get into them do be aware though that some of the stories can be a bit obscure at first read. The combination of Chesterton’s sophisticated writing style and the dated elements in some of the stories can make them confusing, but if you think it over it should clear up eventually.
Also of note is the fact that there is an order to read these in. It’s not extremely important, but it’s nice because there’s a little bit of character crossover between a few of the stories.
The easiest way to make sure you get them in order is to read from one of the complete compilations where all the stories are gathered into one book. They will be in order in those. Depending on the publisher it will be titled either The Father Brown Omnibus or The Complete Father Brown.
If you can’t find that then the order for reading the stories in their individual book collections is as follows:
The Innocence of Father Brown, The Wisdom of Father Brown, The Incredulity of Father Brown, The Secret of Father Brown, The Scandal of Father Brown
If anyone decides to check these out, or has already, please let me know what you think!
The Father Brown mysteries by G.K Chesterton is the greatest mystery series I have ever read. The stories are so complex, yet simple, it’s incredible. And as I said the way of thinking it uses is marvelous. What’s also great is that they’re short stories, so it’s not a big ordeal to jump in and read one or two when you feel like it. And that adds to the testament of how great the writing is, that they can be such fantastic plots in so few words.
So yes, I highly recommend that everyone who likes reading mysteries or a good exercise in twisting your mind around check this series out.
If you want to get into them do be aware though that some of the stories can be a bit obscure at first read. The combination of Chesterton’s sophisticated writing style and the dated elements in some of the stories can make them confusing, but if you think it over it should clear up eventually.
Also of note is the fact that there is an order to read these in. It’s not extremely important, but it’s nice because there’s a little bit of character crossover between a few of the stories.
The easiest way to make sure you get them in order is to read from one of the complete compilations where all the stories are gathered into one book. They will be in order in those. Depending on the publisher it will be titled either The Father Brown Omnibus or The Complete Father Brown.
If you can’t find that then the order for reading the stories in their individual book collections is as follows:
The Innocence of Father Brown, The Wisdom of Father Brown, The Incredulity of Father Brown, The Secret of Father Brown, The Scandal of Father Brown
If anyone decides to check these out, or has already, please let me know what you think!