Goodreads synopsis: Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human evil. "How in Tartarus," cried Flambeau, "did you ever hear of the spiked bracelet?" -- "Oh, one's little flock, you know!" said Father Brown, arching his eyebrows rather blankly. "When I was a curate in Hartlepool, there were three of them with spiked bracelets."Not long after he published Orthodoxy, G. K. Chesterton moved from London to Beaconsfield, and met Father O'Connor. O'Connor had a shrewd insight to the darker side of man's nature and a mild appearance to go with it--and together those came together to become Chesterton's unassuming Father Brown. Chesterton loved the character, and the magazines he wrote for loved the stories. The Innocence of Father Brown was the first collection of them, and it's a great lot of fun.
My rating: 3 stars.
Content warnings: PG-13. Mild mention of a lady of ill repute, bodies, bloodless violence, a headless corpse and floating head, thoughts a suspect might have killed themselves.
Thoughts: Years ago a friend of mine recommended Father Brown to me. We shared a taste in stories and she really enjoyed them. Somehow though I was under the impression that they were novels, not collections of short stories. But that was nice, and made it easier to read.
That being said I probably read this book too fast. I think I would have been better served by slowing down and reading the stories slower than I did, taking the time to absorb everything that happened.
But I didn't do that. It was still enjoyable though. Short little mystery stories with an innocent looking but worldly wise priest who everyone automatically discounts? Sign me up.
I'm definitely going to try and read the next book slower. Hopefully understand more of what was going on. It should be fun.
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