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The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins

3.83 AVERAGE

the_sassy_bookworm's review against another edition

5.0

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Good classic mystery!!

gwenhwyfar82's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

grafe_'s review against another edition

3.25

mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hopef's review against another edition

3.0

challenging slow-paced

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This book was in turns interesting, dull, and absurd. The narrators alternated between amusing and dreadfully annoying, though none seemed to suffer from inspiration towards brevity.
 I reminded myself several times during the novel of when it was written.

sharonb's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jemeela_q's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

heatherp23's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

annadixon76's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

leorejoanne's review against another edition

4.0

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Loved the ending. Not your classical good guys win, bad guys die, but a little bit more sophisticated.
I never knew (before now) that Wilkie Collins was one of Arthur Canon Doyle's inspirations.

The book is a bit slow, but that's one of the pleasures in reading victorian books - taking the time to enjoy them properly. After all, they were written at a time when they were *supposed* to be time consuming.
I also didn't like the general attitude towards servants, showing them as lowly all of the time. But again, that's what you get in 19th century novels, you just have to bear with it.

Other than that, I just had a wonderfull adventure :)

3.12.07

teadrinking_bibliophile's review against another edition

3.25

mysterious slow-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