3.84 AVERAGE

adventurous mysterious relaxing medium-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: No

aimeejane's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 22%

It didn't hold my interest. 
adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
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: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The author takes real-life female authors from the early 1900s who likely didn’t know each other and puts them together in search of respect for women in the mystery genre. It’s fun to imagine a story with all these real authors together, dealing with the incredible sexism of their time. 

Well, I too am a feminist, but I thought the author reminded us too forcefully too many times that much of their strengths and accomplishments came from their perspective as women. Their male counterparts couldn’t do what they could. It’s a fun story though. The murder mystery addresses some real issues as well.
 
I just think that some of the social issues it is trying to address was a bit heavy handed for literature. 

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adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious relaxing 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: No
lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
mysterious medium-paced