Reviews

A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch

mhmissey's review against another edition

Really nice period mystery. Characters you want to have a long talk with.

whosebooks_'s review

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

3.0

Solid murder mystery. Kinda not so hard to guess what happened. You kinda go around with Lenox the detective living his life in vistorian London and he happens to be solving a murder. Slow and nice. Could be boring. The plot isn´t the best one in the world. 

nolegirl's review against another edition

4.0

An enjoyable mystery that had some good twists and turns. Looking forward to finding the next in this series.

mamap's review against another edition

3.0

A fun murder mystery.

Set during the Regency of King George - the son of the mad King Henry.

It's a little wordy - very "old English", but that's entertaining too, The author is a graduate of Yale and Oxford - you can tell.

maudzee's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

littletaiko's review against another edition

4.0

I needed something more amusing after the last book I read and this book nailed it for me. Perfect book at the perfect time. Charles Lenox is an armchair detective living in London during the mid 1800's. His best friend and next door neighbor, Lady Jane, asks him to investigate the death of a former maid of hers. Her death was caused by poison but was it suicide or murder. I adored every character in Lenox's inner circle from Lady Jane, to his brother Edmond, to his friend McConnell. It ended up being a book that I flew through and kept wanting to get back to. In fact, once I finished it, I promptly bought the next two in the series.

retiredlibrarylady's review against another edition

3.0

Very interesting setting; London in the mid 18th century. Lots of details about food and clothing and the life of the idle rich. Lenox is a detective just because he likes it and is good at it. This plot is more than a little convoluted, but interesting. There have been thefts from the mint, so a lot of gold is being stored in a private home, guarded and protected. A housemaid in that house is poisoned... by whom? why? And there's another murder... by whom? why? All solved.

melohpa's review

3.0

See my full review at https://topplingbookpile.wordpress.com/2023/04/26/a-beautiful-blue-death-by-charles-finch/

bookfeyreads's review

1.0

i tried i really tried. I got more than half way and just couldn't care a rats ass anymore

balletbookworm's review

3.0

I thought this quite entertaining until about three chapters from the end when the story jumped ahead approximately 40 years to detail the history of a main character then back to finish the falling action of the story. Completely unnecessary and poorly edited because the action at the end of the that chapter did not mesh well with the opening of the next.

Dropped it a full star.