


Day’s work is exceptional> The description and creativity of thought evident from beginning to end-including attention to human thoughts, actions, and interactions, is outstanding. So, Elizabeth Day’s work will always have a unique place in the history of writing, no doubt.Īs for writing/literary merit, Ms. No book has ever been written like Magpie and, in a reverse of the theory above, if someone did attempt to write a Thriller/Mystery about the subject(s) she covers, I would-for the first time-think: Wow, that reminds me so much of Magpie.” I am occasionally amazed by the thought that of the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of books ever written, I have never read a book in my life and thought: Wow, that book (story) reminds me so much of _. Magpie is unlike any other book you will ever read.
