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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A very nice mystery !
The pace feels slows and meditative but at the same time things are happening and there are some twists.
I enjoyed it a lot.
The pace feels slows and meditative but at the same time things are happening and there are some twists.
I enjoyed it a lot.
adventurous
mysterious
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:
Yes
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
First, I tried reading the paperback, and when I couldn't make much headway, I switched to the audio. But at nearly the halfway mark, I found that I really didn't care how it ended. The language was too antiquated and dense, and the plot was way too slow-moving. I like my bodies on page 1; the murder in this book didn't occur until the 35% mark.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I picked up this book at Heidi's house because I didn't want to read either grownup nonfiction book I'd brought with me. I was very pleasantly surprised. I didn't know there was yet another prolific cozy mystery writer that I had yet to hear of. This was obviously very naive of me. I could probably meet another new writer every week and be even more overwhelmed by all the books I'll never get to.
Anyway, this book was lovely! The main character, Brother Cadfael, is a Benedictine monk in Shrewsbury, England in the 1100s. He's retired to a monastery, where he keeps the herb garden, after an adventurous life all over the world. In this, the first book of 20, the prior of his monastery is fixated on retrieving some relics. He (Prior Robert) researches a young martyr who lived and is buried in Wales, and a group of brothers sets off to go dig her up and bring her to Shrewsbury (after a fair amount of possibly feigned fits of holiness and miraculous visions). Brother Cadfael, as the only monk who speaks Welsh fluently, makes friends with many of the locals, and when the local lord of the manor is murdered begins to investigate his death. Thanks to Brother Cadfael, scandal is averted, crime is solved, and everybody ends up happy, if not completely informed.
Anyway, this book was lovely! The main character, Brother Cadfael, is a Benedictine monk in Shrewsbury, England in the 1100s. He's retired to a monastery, where he keeps the herb garden, after an adventurous life all over the world. In this, the first book of 20, the prior of his monastery is fixated on retrieving some relics. He (Prior Robert) researches a young martyr who lived and is buried in Wales, and a group of brothers sets off to go dig her up and bring her to Shrewsbury (after a fair amount of possibly feigned fits of holiness and miraculous visions). Brother Cadfael, as the only monk who speaks Welsh fluently, makes friends with many of the locals, and when the local lord of the manor is murdered begins to investigate his death. Thanks to Brother Cadfael, scandal is averted, crime is solved, and everybody ends up happy, if not completely informed.
Love these - read most of the series in high school. Very simple mysteries with one of literature's best and most endearing amateur detectives. Very strong sense of place, and I read them at the height of my own medieval phase.