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3.13 AVERAGE
3.13 AVERAGE
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Murder at the Theatre Royale was just as much fun as I'd hoped after reading Murder Most Festive. It's not related to the first book at all, except in that it's set at Christmas, and the narrative positively flies by -- even more so than Murder Most Festive, I'd say. I'm a little disappointed there's nothing else by Ada Moncrieff for me to inhale, because I had a lot of fun.
The main character of this one is more appealing than Murder Most Festive, through her determined industry at an actual paying job (rather than living off an estate) and her enthusiasm for her work. Daphne King is an agony aunt for a newspaper, but she wants to branch out and do more, her appetite whetted by a little mystery she solved involving a kidnapped person writing in to her column in code. Given the opportunity to do a little work for the culture section, she jumps at it, and finds herself embroiled in the mystery of the murder of an aging actor.
Veronica, who over time becomes Daphne's Watson, is pretty cool too -- not as sharp as Daphne, but a working woman trying hard to make her way, and a good companion for a little mystery-solving adventure...
I didn't, in this case, figure out the culprit or the true motive for a while; I had my eye on a different character, because they seemed so unlikely at first (and the unlikely answer is often true). I should've thought more about the information I was being given about another character!
All in all, really enjoyable.
The main character of this one is more appealing than Murder Most Festive, through her determined industry at an actual paying job (rather than living off an estate) and her enthusiasm for her work. Daphne King is an agony aunt for a newspaper, but she wants to branch out and do more, her appetite whetted by a little mystery she solved involving a kidnapped person writing in to her column in code. Given the opportunity to do a little work for the culture section, she jumps at it, and finds herself embroiled in the mystery of the murder of an aging actor.
Veronica, who over time becomes Daphne's Watson, is pretty cool too -- not as sharp as Daphne, but a working woman trying hard to make her way, and a good companion for a little mystery-solving adventure...
I didn't, in this case, figure out the culprit or the true motive for a while; I had my eye on a different character, because they seemed so unlikely at first (and the unlikely answer is often true). I should've thought more about the information I was being given about another character!
All in all, really enjoyable.
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
medium-paced
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I found this book a really good cosy Christmas mystery but it was just quite boring. The middle made me so interested as nothing was really going on and then when Daphne figured out the murderer I thought it happens way to fast and didn’t last long enough. The person who was the murderer had about 2 scenes in the book before they were figures out and I didn’t see it coming but I just felt like it should have been a character more involved. The murder was well written and the story behind it was okay but it wasn’t anything scandalous or surprising for me. Some points did surprise me and I was sometimes shocked. A lot of the characters annoyed me too because they were just stupid.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder