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Midwinter of the Spirit: 1 (Merrily Watkins Mysteries) (originale 1999; edizione 2003)

di Phil Rickman (Autore)

Serie: Merrily Watkins (2)

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Reverend Merrily Watkins finds herself replacing a retiring exorcist who is determined to make the transition as unpleasant as possible

Diocesan Exorcist: a job viewed by the Church of England with such extreme suspicion that they changed the name. It's Deliverance Consultant now. Still, it seems, no job for a woman. But when the Bishop offers it to Merrily Watkins, parish priest and single mother, she's in no position to refuse. It starts badly for Merrily and gets no easier. As an early winter slices through the old city of Hereford, a body is found in the River Wye, an ancient church is desecrated, and signs of evil appear in the cathedral itself, where the tomb of a medieval saint lies in pieces.

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Titolo:Midwinter of the Spirit: 1 (Merrily Watkins Mysteries)
Autori:Phil Rickman (Autore)
Info:Pan General Fiction (2003), Edition: 5, 544 pages
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Etichette:2018-reads, 2018-tbr-shelf, mystery-thriller

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Midwinter of the Spirit di Phil Rickman (1999)

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    ehines: The magic of the English countryside. Herbert's version is far more 1970s post-hippy in feel, Rickman's new-agey 1990s.
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This is the second book in a series of novels that have Merrily Watkins as a protagonist. She is an Anglican priest and a single mom who has been hired by the church to be the Diocesan Exorcist. But, even with the name change of Deliverance Consultant now, the job raises suspicion and questioning by many, including Watkins’ teenage daughter. But this isn’t a story of ghouls and ‘things-that-go-bump-in-the-night’ story that we might expect from when we hear the word ‘exorcist.’ Rickman has documented many elements of the zeitgeists’ questioning of the role of religions and beliefs in this book, giving the novel a simple yet intelligent feel.

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1 vota steven.buechler | Jan 25, 2016 |
Second book in the series to feature Merrily Watkins, daughter Jane and Lol Robinson.As always for me any series is best read in order.

For me the first book was ok, rather long but I felt had enough to keep going. This book is rather too long and unlike the first book I felt there wasn't enough to hold a readers interest. If this book is a readers first then I can see it can easily put them off.

This is my dilemma. I like the characters and I love the place where the books are set. I have been that way many times when taking a visit to Hay on Wye. I love the supernatural elements to the story and the superstitions. I don't like the unnecessary length of the books and they all look the same. So do I read the next book or do I say thats it no more.

A book for me that could be a least two hundred pages shorter snd still be a good read. This one I skipped a lot at the end. ( )
  tina1969 | Sep 25, 2015 |
Merrily Watkins, Pfarrerin von Ledwardine, wird vom Bischof als erste Frau zur Exorzistin ernannt, mit dem neuen Titel 'Beraterin für spirituelle Grenzfragen'. Denn Michael Hunter, recht frisch in seinem Amt als Bischof und dazu ungewöhnlich jung, frei von jeglicher Spiritualität, sieht diese Aufgabe eher als Dienstleistung im beratenden Bereich an mit größtmöglicher Offenheit nach außen. Ganz im Gegensatz zu Merrilys Vorgänger, der, zwar krank, aber noch amtierende Dobbs, der seine Aufgaben möglichst im Verborgenen erfüllte. Merrily erkennt bald, dass sie sich zwischen zwei gegnerischen Auffassungen befindet: Der des Bischof, dem jegliche Form von Exorzismus völlig fremd und zuwider ist. Und der ihres Vorgängers, einem überzeugten Exorzisten, dessen Einstellung auch von vielen anderen Mitgliedern der Kirchenhierarchie geteilt wird. Noch nicht richtig im Amt wird Merrily mit Geschehnissen konfrontiert, die sie daran zweifeln lassen, ob die Auffassung ihres Vorgesetzten die richtige ist...

Mittwinternacht ist ganz klar ein Mystery-Krimi. Es geht um Visionen, Satanisten, das Böse an sich undundund. Doch Rickman behandelt all die aussergewöhnlichen Ereignisse erst intensiv unter rationalen Aspekten und Gesichtspunkten, sodass am Ende die übernatürlichen Erklärungen beinahe wie selbstverständlich als Einzige noch in Frage kommen und somit auch (Noch)Nicht-Mystery-Fans ihren Spass beim Lesen haben werden. Neber der eigentlichen Krimihandlung stellt Rickman auch ein stimmiges Bild der aktuellen Situation der Kirchen dar: die Konkurrenz durch Esoterik, der Zweifel insbesondere der jungen Leute am Sinn der Kirche und ihren Ritualen, die Sinnsuche der Menschen die die Kirche nicht unterstützt usw.

Das Ganze liest sich gut und flüssig weg, lediglich die Handlung bleibt recht vorhersehbar und stellenweise wenig überraschend, so dass es über einen, wenn auch soliden, Durchschnittskrimi nicht hinauskommt. ( )
  Xirxe | Dec 2, 2014 |
There's no avoiding it: this series is problematic, and some of the motifs would normally be a red rag to a bull for me. Packaging it up with a charming single Mum priest and her smart, difficult teenage daughter goes a long way to making it irresistible though, and I devoured this outing in 2 days despite some of the issues the bit of my brain I locked up for the duration would have liked to froth over.

Merrily has lived down the difficulties of her first months in Ledwardine, and picked up a new challenge: the reforming new Bishop of Hereford wants her to be his new exorcist. As dark clouds gather over the county in the run up to Christmas, she must decide whether she really believes in evil - and whether she's really ready to face it. ( )
1 vota imyril | Apr 26, 2014 |
I remember reading this book a long time ago.
I also being a lone parent was intrigued.
I relished it. And although his other books went on to disappoint there s part of the book which absolutely terrified me. And it still remains the only book to do so. Quite an honour.... ( )
  RuthieD | Oct 19, 2013 |
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Reverend Merrily Watkins finds herself replacing a retiring exorcist who is determined to make the transition as unpleasant as possible

Diocesan Exorcist: a job viewed by the Church of England with such extreme suspicion that they changed the name. It's Deliverance Consultant now. Still, it seems, no job for a woman. But when the Bishop offers it to Merrily Watkins, parish priest and single mother, she's in no position to refuse. It starts badly for Merrily and gets no easier. As an early winter slices through the old city of Hereford, a body is found in the River Wye, an ancient church is desecrated, and signs of evil appear in the cathedral itself, where the tomb of a medieval saint lies in pieces.

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