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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
Este livro foi mesmo maravilhoso de ler.
É constituído assim de uma forma bem peculiar e, é por isso, que se destacou nas minhas leituras. Temos 2 partes essenciais da narrativa: o diário do nosso possível assassino e depois a investigação por si só.
A resolução envolve o inspetor Blount e 0 detetive Nigel. Nigel é um homem calmo e incansável na procura de soluções. Ele não se precipita em conclusões! Facto que louvo! Depois este conta com a ajuda da sua mulher, Georgia, que é encantadora e muito inteligente, auxiliando o seu marido na própria investigação. Esta relação é mesmo boa de presenciar.
E em si o crime não é nada de muito complexo, mas a forma de nos deixar baralhados e desconfiados de personagens é eximiamente bem feito.
A resolução é sempre feita pela dedução lógica e as pistas são todas dadas neste livro, nada é escondido do leitor. Dica: utilizem o diário do suposto assassino, por favor ;)
Portanto, temos aqui um excelente fair mystery.
É constituído assim de uma forma bem peculiar e, é por isso, que se destacou nas minhas leituras. Temos 2 partes essenciais da narrativa: o diário do nosso possível assassino e depois a investigação por si só.
A resolução envolve o inspetor Blount e 0 detetive Nigel. Nigel é um homem calmo e incansável na procura de soluções. Ele não se precipita em conclusões! Facto que louvo! Depois este conta com a ajuda da sua mulher, Georgia, que é encantadora e muito inteligente, auxiliando o seu marido na própria investigação. Esta relação é mesmo boa de presenciar.
E em si o crime não é nada de muito complexo, mas a forma de nos deixar baralhados e desconfiados de personagens é eximiamente bem feito.
A resolução é sempre feita pela dedução lógica e as pistas são todas dadas neste livro, nada é escondido do leitor. Dica: utilizem o diário do suposto assassino, por favor ;)
Portanto, temos aqui um excelente fair mystery.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Written in the 1930s, it is part of an early detective series I had not heard of before.
Also, almost 100 years old it is of course dated in language and style. Plus it has some anti-Semitic, racial, and homophobic epithets - the anti-Semitism being the worst.
As a detective story it is not bad. It is cleverly laid out. I am inclined to read some of the earlier books in the series.
Also, almost 100 years old it is of course dated in language and style. Plus it has some anti-Semitic, racial, and homophobic epithets - the anti-Semitism being the worst.
As a detective story it is not bad. It is cleverly laid out. I am inclined to read some of the earlier books in the series.
A golden age classic for a reason. Thoroughly enjoyed this one.
Absolutely fabulous, well written and it hooks the reader right from the first page
A writer whose son is hit and killed by a motorist plans to murder his son's murderer. Reason, logic, and coincidence drag him with seeming inevitability toward the truth...
I liked this, but I've been reading enough mystery novels that I got to the end of the writer's diary and went, "Aha." The twist was excellent - but there was only one major one, and if you have it, you have it. The individual elements of the story were all pretty good, though, so I don't regret finishing it.
I liked this, but I've been reading enough mystery novels that I got to the end of the writer's diary and went, "Aha." The twist was excellent - but there was only one major one, and if you have it, you have it. The individual elements of the story were all pretty good, though, so I don't regret finishing it.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
All things being equal I'd probably have kept this closer to a 4, but I do want to give it an extra quarter point for its emotional resonance at the beginning- the book's rendition of a father's raw grief was really well done and affecting.
As a novel, I'd say it was interesting, well written, and well done. Nigel Strangeways has never been one of my favorite detectives in the short stories I've seen him in, but here I enjoyed him, even as he didn't necessarily acquit himself brilliantly from the start. I'd also add that this book has one of the better sketched out children in murder mystery fiction of the era. But...it's just not a mystery. If the diary had been how the whole book was going to be narrated, I'd have suspended my disbelief for the sake of the interesting device. As soon as it was made clear that the diary was NOT just a narrative device but a PHYSICAL THING that existed in the context of the book, the man who not just kept writing it but left it around to be found had to be either an absolute idiot or someone trying to play 3D chess. Of the two options, only one made any sense, so there was very little suspense from that perspective, not to mention basically no clues making any specific other characters particularly suspicious vs others. At a certain point, if it had been anyone BUT Felix, the design of the story would have made no sense, and as Strangeways points out, Felix's plan was predicated on the mystery writer's brain being the only one that needed to create or solve the puzzle, and just would not work on an actual crime with actual cops who believe that the person who planned and attempted to kill a person who ended up dead is the most likely one to have done it. There never seemed to be any real mystery and while it was enjoyable as a novel, the attempt to make it seem like it wasn't an inverted mystery felt like denying the obvious .
As a novel, I'd say it was interesting, well written, and well done. Nigel Strangeways has never been one of my favorite detectives in the short stories I've seen him in, but here I enjoyed him, even as he didn't necessarily acquit himself brilliantly from the start. I'd also add that this book has one of the better sketched out children in murder mystery fiction of the era. But...
sad
tense
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder
3.5 stars. A classic golden age mystery from the Nigel Strangeways series. What happens when a man decides to hunt down the hit and run killer of his son?