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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An eminently readable cozy mystery. Though not necessarily the most mind boggling of mysteries, it was enjoyable. The characters are not very likable overall but I look forward to further books in the series. Time well spent.
I loved this book! I think the style of writing and having the author be an actual character in the book was clever and different, and I was really here for it. The plot of the story really took you on turns and made it difficult to determine who the culprit in the story was. I think other plot twists that weren’t involving the killer but added to the story kept me on my toes. I got the feeling I was reading a rendition of Sherlock Holmes, and almost felt like it was an episode in the TV show Sherlock. While this book is technically stand alone, I do wish I read the first two books that came before this one just to understand Hawthorne and Tony’s relationship a little more. I think this was well written, and I will definitely be reading more of this author’s novels!
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
Really easy, fun whodunnit. I am smart because I predicted the murderer :)
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder
This one takes a bit longer to get going, dials back some of the meta insights into writing that I enjoyed, and is a bit drier until the mystery really kicks off (can’t blame Horowitz for inheriting a minor flaw from his literary ancestor), but boy howdy if the denouement doesn’t deliver. I’ve read and watched a lot of whodunnits, many of them a blast, but for my money, no one has even gotten close to Agatha’s ingenuity in plot and deception besides Horowitz and Rian Johnson. Fitting, then, that I finished this a day before seeing Glass Onion - the true Christie whodunnit lives!
This was a disappointing read for me and I think it was largely the actual mystery. I was never invested in it and there were to many new characters to follow.
slow-paced
Thoroughly enjoyable classic whodunit. Happy to read one of these after a fair duration of time. Has its typical shares of clues and red herrings. Looking forward to book 4 in the series.