3.9 AVERAGE

mysterious sad medium-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
dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

her finest literary achievement.

contains the best description known to me of the bells, the ringers and the art. It is probably, indeed, the only novel based on a study of campanology. Its very title and chapter-headings pay tribute to the peculiar vocabulary of the art".

"incautiously entered the closed world of bell-ringing in The Nine Tailors on the strength of a sixpenny pamphlet picked up by chance – and invented a method of killing which would not produce death, as well as breaking a fundamental rule of that esoteric art by allowing a relief ringer to take part in her famous nine-hour champion peal"

Good, but laborious. Excellent reading by Ian Carmichael, but also, like a play with an odd dearth of 'he said's in the dialog parts.
emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I know I read this book more than 20 yeas ago, but I couldn't remember anything other than..... churchbells. So I dove in again, and very much enjoyed a visit with Lord Peter. Good stuff, even if I still don't understand change-ringing.
mysterious slow-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 slow-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

Riveting, unpredictable, and satisfying plot, a bit dull with all the yammering on about bells - while at first interesting, I could not help but end up skipping over sections that were thick in the art of bell ringing
challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes