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    Midwinter of the Spirit
    Midwinter of the Spirit
    Midwinter of the Spirit
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    Midwinter of the Spirit

    By Phil Rickman

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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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAtlantic Books
    Release dateJun 1, 2011
    ISBN9780857890177
    Midwinter of the Spirit
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    Phil Rickman

    PHIL RICKMAN lives on the Welsh border where he writes and presents the book programme Phil the Shelf on BBC Radio Wales. He is the hugely popular author of The Bones of Avalon, The Heresy of Dr Dee and the Merrily Watkins Mysteries.

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    • 4/5
      Suitably freaky. I liked how the author (or his narrative voice) seems to stand halfway between the opposing viewpoints of the novel: traditional Protestantism and new age spirituality.
    • 4/5
      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.
    • 5/5
      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....
    • 3/5
      Second book in the series to feature Merrily Watkins, daughter Jane and Lol Robinson.As slways for me any series is best read in order. For me the first book was ok, rather long but I felt had enough yo 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 havd 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 thst could be a least two hundred pages shorter snd still be a good read. This one I skipped a lot at the end.
    • 3/5
      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.
    • 5/5
      First Line: This is where it walks...Merrily Watkins is in her thirties. She's a single mother, and she's the parish priest of Ledwardine, a small village in Herefordshire, England. And-- after the events that occurred in The Wine of Angels-- she's been approached by the new bishop to be a Deliverance Consultant. It's a job that's viewed with so much suspicion by the Church of England that it now goes by this kinder, gentler name instead of the old title: Diocesan Exorcist. Although she has misgivings as to her ability, she wants to do good, to make a difference, so she goes on the training course.The training course gives her more doubts because even the instructor believes that it's not a job for a woman, but when she returns to her own parish, she has to hit the ground running. A seemingly unending stream of phone calls demand her help with some very strange goings on. The current Deliverance Consultant, a curmudgeonly old man on the verge of retirement, is not about to give her even a molecule of help, and neither is the bishop. The bishop, a handsome, self-assured political animal, wants to see if she's got the right stuff. Even her sixteen-year-old daughter Jane is bent on rebellion, not help.The new position has begun badly for Merrily and shows no signs of improving. The old city of Hereford is experiencing an early winter. The body of an unidentified man is found in the River Wye. An ancient church is desecrated. Even the cathedral itself shows signs of evil, where the tomb of a medieval saint lies in pieces....When I read the first book in this series, I fell in love with the setting and the atmosphere that Rickman created as well as his characters, but I had a bit of a problem with the length of the book (over 600 pages). When I picked up Midwinter of the Spirit to read, I didn't even remember the quibble about the previous book's length. All I remembered were the characters, the setting, and the atmosphere. That's all I needed to remember. At over 500 pages, this book isn't lightweight either, but I didn't care. Not one jot. I immediately fell into that setting-- the ancient buildings, the centuries-old traditions, the feeling that the past is always with us-- and Rickman's wonderful characters.Merrily with her self doubts and her real need to do good... her infuriating and lovable teenage daughter Jane... the self-effacing Lol Robinson... they had all been indelibly imprinted on my mind from reading the first book, and I felt as though I were renewing acquaintance with old friends. I dove headlong into the story and grudgingly came up for air only when real life demanded that I do so.I know many readers who do not care to read about the paranormal or the supernatural. I used to be one of them. One of the things that I love about Phil Rickman's Merrily Watkins series is that so much of the supernatural is implied; you can choose just how deeply you want to go into the story. It would be easy to read Midwinter of the Spirit and pay little to no attention to the supernatural elements. The motivations of the characters are no different: greed, jealousy, ambition, and Rickman certainly knows how to put together a plot by interweaving all these characters and all these reasons to cause harm.Characters, setting, plot... and the delicious eerie atmosphere that can cause a tingle... or the hair to rise on the back of your neck. Wonderful! If you're in the mood for a rich, meaty, slightly spooky read just perfect for Halloween (or any other time of year), I can give you a tip: get your hands on one of Phil Rickman's Merrily Watkins books. Chances are, once you've read one, you'll be reaching for more. Can you read the books out of order? Yes, you can, but character development is key to the series, and I would advise against it. Why deny yourself the pleasure of reading Merrily from the beginning?
    • 4/5
      A great series about Britain's first female exorcist - interesting, great characters and great storyline.Back Cover Blurb:'Exorcism' is a word no longer favoured by the Church of England. Nowadays the term for dealing with cases of possession and paranormal disturbances is 'deliverance ministry'. It sounds less sinister, more caring - so why not a job for a woman?When offered the post, once styled 'diocesan exorcist', the Reverend Merrily Watkins - parish priest and single parent - cannot easily refuse. But the retiring exorcist, strongly objecting to women priests, not only refuses to help Merrily but ensures that she's soon exposed to the job at its most terrifying.And things get 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 descecrated, and there are signs of dark ritual on a hill overlooking the city. Meanwhile, reports of psychic unrest in the Cathedral itself - where the famous shrine of St Thomas Cantilupe lies in fragments - reflect an undying evil lying close to the heart of the Church itself.
    • 4/5
      The first Merrily Watkins book struck me as a bit too cutesy, but here Rickman seems to hit his stride and the tone is better balanced between satire, domestic comedy and supernatural menace. This number in the series is on par with his better non-series books.
    • 5/5
      Second in the Merrily Watkins series. Through the machinations of a modern Bishop, Merrily finds herself with an additional job - that of Deliverance Consultant. One of her first encounters is with the seriously creepy Denzil Joy. From there she must attempt to find her place as a female exorcist and uncover what is occurring at the Boy Bishop ceremony. Not quite as good as the first book, but still intriguing.
    • 5/5
      This was the first Phil Rickman I ever read, and I was immediately struck by his wit and originality. I still think it's the best of the Merrily books. Anyone who can create characters as real and diverse as forbidding old Canon Dobbs and trendy bishop Mick Hunter has to have a remarkable imagination, and even more skill in putting them onto paper.
    • 5/5
      Second in the Merrily Watkins series, set in the Border country of Wales and England. This one is set largely in Hereford, with evocative descriptions of the cathedral, as well as on a farm near an ancient pagan holy site. This book introduces Merrily's work as deliverance minister (excorcist) as well as the concentration on ley-lines that runs through the series. Contains elements of the paranormal, but the police are also present with their logic, and the psychologist with their theories - there's a nice balance between and acknowledgement of the reality that in so many cases there is both a physical and psychic explanation for what happens.
    • 5/5
      This second in the Reverend Merrily Watkins is a real page-turner. I knew what to expect this time. Rickman's books are a mixture of the supernatural and mystery. This book centres around excorcism in the Anglican church, but they call it Deliverance now. Merrily is requested by her Bishop to become the parish's Deliverance Agent, so she attends a course, and then comes back to Ledwardine where there is more seemingly unexplainable happenings than she can credit. She teams up with her daughter, her friend Lol, and a couple of other priests who are Deliverers, and they uncover evil that runs deep into their church fabric. Rickman's characters are very realistic - very fallible, they make mistakes, but they basically end up doing the right thing in the end. I also enjoy watching the relationship between Merrily and her daughter Jane. Rickman has a sure sense of what mother-daughter relationships can be like. I am truly hooked on this off-beat series now, and can't wait to read the next one.
    • 4/5
      October 11, 2003Midwinter of the SpiritPhil RickmanFrom the Merrily Watkins series, which I don’t find nearly as entertaining as his “stand-alones”. Merrily is a reverend in the Church of England, single, with a teenage daughter (Jane). She’s a little dark, which is good. She first appeared in The Wine of Angels, which was very good. In this story she’s been appointed as the first female exorcist, and from there it’s really a little confusing – a church that appears to have evil spirits in it, some kind of demonic influence, but it’s a little disjointed. It never really comes together, in my opinion. I do like Lol Robinson, another recurring character, and Jane. I found, for the first time in one of Rickman’s books, just a slight taste of anti-paganism, which I thought strange. Perhaps he was just being true to his main character, since she’s an Anglican priest, after all, although relatively open-minded. I just didn’t care for the story much. I have at least one more Rickman book at home that features Merrily, but I’ll hold off on it for now. I’m a little Rickman-ed out at the moment.
    • 4/5
      A woman becomes the new Hereford Diocesis deliverance Minister(exorcist).Is it a job for a woman? Generally low key spooky events with some nicely drawn if steriotypical characters specifically the know all teenage daughter and a horrendously trendy Bishop.
    • 4/5
      Suitably freaky. I liked how the author (or his narrative voice) seems to stand halfway between the opposing viewpoints of the novel: traditional Protestantism and new age spirituality.

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