Reviews - Moonflower Murders

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Moonflower Murders

Anthony Horowitz

3.96 AVERAGE

grafious's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious 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: Yes

A little overlong and at times I was bored. The book within a book didn’t work as well for me in this one as the previous one. The mystery itself felt like something i had already read before being retold.

victorlin's review against another edition

3.0

Clever but there were too many characters and too much exposition

maray94's review against another edition

5.0

It’s taken me quite a while to get through this book - I initially found reading the book within the book hard to get into as the writing style changed.

Now that I ploughed through and got into the style, I am amazed by how clever Horowitz‘ writing actually is. To write a crime novel inside another crime novel mustn’t be an easy job to do, and once all of the reveals occur everything falls into place.

The book feels quite final for the main character but I do hope she returns for a third book!

sara_o's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A thoroughly enjoyable second outing of the Susan Ryeland series. Definitely classed as "a romp" in my mental taxonomy of books. I admit that the book within a book thing didn't work quite as well for me this time as it did in Magpie Murders, but enjoyable all the same, and I'm sure that I'll read the third one. I love the recurring characters, and though I clocked the murderer at about the 30% mark, it was still a ride to the end, and I found myself continually second-guessing myself throughout. Light, fun, and a nice change from some of the heavier reading I've been doing recently.

amberw27's review against another edition

4.0

lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Murder mystery that's a book within a book. Easy read.

First sentence: The Polydorus is a charming family-run hotel, located a short walk away from the lively town of Agios Nikolaos, one hour from Heraklion.

Ends of chapters: Solid