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mouseczko's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
danileighta's review against another edition
4.0
Maisie is in for big changes! I'm glad this series is evolving along with its main characters. I think Winspear is doing a good job listening to what Maisie is saying to her. Excited to see what adventures come!
kangokaren's review against another edition
5.0
I just adore Maisie Dobbs. I wish I were more like Maisie Dobbs. I wish the world was made up of people like Maisie Dobbs.
caleigh_g's review against another edition
1.0
This book has a terribly Orientalist relationship to the victim that it is meant to care for. The Indian woman at the center is the victim and is entirely a plot device to forward the story of Maisie. Usha, the victim, is framed in classic Orientalist tropes of a healer, a girl more moved by passion than logic with her destiny locked to the will of the men — especially the white men — in her life.
melissa_who_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Really liked this one. I like the open-endedness, I like Maisie as she comes to doubt herself and her ability to set the world to rights.
An Indian woman has been murdered in London. It happened several months ago, and it is only when the murdered woman's brother arrives from India that the investigation takes off. Soon there is another murder, and Maisie must find out how a woman so loved has come to die.
World War I is still having its effects, this time on the children of soldiers -- though that comes late in the story.
And in the end, Maisie has to let everything go, leave all she loves behind, to go on a journey to discover and perhaps strengthen herself. See a new culture, a different way of perceiving the world -- she sets off on a journey to India in the end.
An Indian woman has been murdered in London. It happened several months ago, and it is only when the murdered woman's brother arrives from India that the investigation takes off. Soon there is another murder, and Maisie must find out how a woman so loved has come to die.
World War I is still having its effects, this time on the children of soldiers -- though that comes late in the story.
And in the end, Maisie has to let everything go, leave all she loves behind, to go on a journey to discover and perhaps strengthen herself. See a new culture, a different way of perceiving the world -- she sets off on a journey to India in the end.
saraelizabetha's review
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
mrscraftalot's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
linzbullreads's review
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0