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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
Maybe my five star review should be a four. I actually guessed who the killer was before it was revealed, but it was down to luck. I didn’t guess the correct motive, nor did I catch the clues that would have led me to know. So, five stars it is. And Anthony Horowitz remains my favorite contemporary author.
funny
mysterious
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Didn't enjoy this as much as the others, but it's a very easy read and I enjoy relaxing into Horowitz' writing style. It was interesting learning a bit bout Alderney but I wasn't the biggest fan of the literary convention as a backdrop.
To refresh my memory about this series, I listened to the audiobook of "The Sentence is Death" (Hawthorne and Horowitz #2), which I had first read in Niagara Falls. What I'd remembered most from that book was how the number the murderer painted near the corpse was the three-digit security code on the back of my credit card! (I no longer have that credit card.) As I listened to that second book yesterday, I laughed out loud many times while walking a wetlands hiking path.
Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle created great comic sidekicks. In the Poirot mystery I read most recently, Hastings falls asleep while Poirot cogitates and when he wakes up, Poirot thanks him for being the most helpful he's ever been! Horowitz places himself in that idiot role, which is such fun. Here, Horowitz is invited to a book fair on the B list with other "second-rate" authors, and a man describes him to his blind wife as looking "untidy."
Horowitz notes that Christie's villains were all sympathetic in some way, and he continues that tradition--which makes the endings a bit sad.
Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle created great comic sidekicks. In the Poirot mystery I read most recently, Hastings falls asleep while Poirot cogitates and when he wakes up, Poirot thanks him for being the most helpful he's ever been! Horowitz places himself in that idiot role, which is such fun. Here, Horowitz is invited to a book fair on the B list with other "second-rate" authors, and a man describes him to his blind wife as looking "untidy."
Horowitz notes that Christie's villains were all sympathetic in some way, and he continues that tradition--which makes the endings a bit sad.
This one was harder for me to get into. Maybe I was listening while doing too many other things, but an enjoyable read nonetheless.
I have no idea why I picked up this book after being put off by the author's commentary on wokeness in his first book.
I suspect that I like Hawthorne, one of the main protagonists - a fallen detective who's also a genius. He reminds me of Poirot, if Poirot was angry and curt.
Overall, this book only had 1 comment on privilege and so was more readable than the first Hawthorne book.
I suspect that I like Hawthorne, one of the main protagonists - a fallen detective who's also a genius. He reminds me of Poirot, if Poirot was angry and curt.
Overall, this book only had 1 comment on privilege and so was more readable than the first Hawthorne book.