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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
stressed me tf out
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Thoroughly disappointed with this book after reading the first two in the series. The inclusion of Jack the Ripper and his thoughts and actions was just gruesome for gruesome's sake. There was little mystery and plot, and the detectives I came to love we're just seemingly idiots. Honestly, I couldn't even finish it. Maybe it got better? I didn't want to stick around to find if it got worse.
3/4ths of the way into this book, I thought I was going to have to break up with the Murder Squad. Most of the book is from the killer's perspective which I didn't care for, even if it was Jack the Ripper. There's a lot of inner dialogue trying to dissect why Jack did what he did. That's not the reason why I started this series. Nor, did I want to learn any more about Cinderhouse, who we heard enough of in the first book. There are hardly any scenes about Day or Hammersmith in the book. They seem like bystanders to the action for most of the book. At the big finish, it was tense and exciting. Boy, did it take a long time to set up the scene. The ending saved it for me. Well, there's a clit cliffhanger of sorts. So, I have to see what happens next.
Just a little too much graphic detail in this one for me. Writing and characters are great though.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This isn't your standard Victorian era cozy. It's not Col. Mustard in the ballroom with a lead pipe. This is Archie Sheridan and Gretchen Lowell one hundred years in the past. Dark, gritty, and compelling, The Devils Workshop is probably Grecian s best novel. The story started out rather implausible but I soon forgot, or stopped caring, about the things that put me off early in the book. A worthy effort.
These books are always such fun. Good solid setting in Victorian England and more than just an appearance of Saucy Jack.