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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
A guilty pleasure that I’m sure Brother Cadfael would relish and embrace. As fun and quick a read as any Sherlock Holmes.
Very enjoyable historical fiction, with a nice murder mystery at its heart and some engaging characters.
I love this series. I’ve only made it to like the 12th one but they are so good! Clean and subtle humor(mostly at Cadfael’s full of themselves fellow priests expense. Which I do appreciate he doesn’t hold anything against them. Cadfael just wants to help people, even the ignorant ones).
I’m not a big fan of the title because it seems more ominous than the book really is.
Quality writing. Quality characters. Gives a lovely sense of the history and place. Makes me want to visit England. Cadfael would definitely be a character I’d love to chat and enjoy a cup of tea with.
I’m so glad to have found this series!
I’m not a big fan of the title because it seems more ominous than the book really is.
Quality writing. Quality characters. Gives a lovely sense of the history and place. Makes me want to visit England. Cadfael would definitely be a character I’d love to chat and enjoy a cup of tea with.
I’m so glad to have found this series!
This was an okay story, in the sense that I will not actively search for other books, but I do still have one other book in this serie which I'll read, but not right away.
I will take this book to the annual BC-meetup in Castricum.
I will take this book to the annual BC-meetup in Castricum.
I don’t plan on reading more in this series, but that was a great ending!
Cozy! Charming! Medieval! Welsh! Good sick lit if you find yourself down with ~the plague~ during the holiday season.
A cozy medieval mystery. Entertaining enough, but not thrilling by any means. I’ll probably come back to this series again for the next book, as I do really like Brother Cadfael, and the characters are very well written.
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-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
This was awesome. It was like someone distilled the vibes out of Robin Hood and Ranger's Apprentice, poured it into a 12th-century monastery, and then added a heaping helping of murder mystery. Brother Cadfael is great — a bit irreverent, perhaps, but what he lacks in piety he makes up in care for others. And the rest of the cast was excellent as well.
I will say that I guessed about half the mystery after about chapter 8 or so, but I think I was supposed to, so that's not a mark against the book. And I did not expect the end until right before it happened, so yeah. Well done.
Now to find the rest of the series . . . :D
I will say that I guessed about half the mystery after about chapter 8 or so, but I think I was supposed to, so that's not a mark against the book. And I did not expect the end until right before it happened, so yeah. Well done.
Now to find the rest of the series . . . :D
